It started easy enough...

["Hank Eskin" <heskin@xxxx>]

Ok folks, I need some basic assistance. Ever since I bought #1619 last
year, the driver's side plastic air vent (in the door) was broken, and it
was on of the first things I ordered from PJ Grady to fix. Well, 10 months
later, a the first 60 degree day here in Boston, I decide it's time to
replace the vent. OK. I get the door panels off (with a call to DMC Joe).
In the process of trying to remove the mirror switch to get to the handle
bolts, I totally destroy the switch. First question: Does anyone have or
know of a replacement that doesn't cost $60? Second, now that I have
access to the inside door panel and the vent, it seems like the entire thing
is riveted together, and the only way to get the old vent out, and the new
one in is to drill out the existing rivets, separate the confining metal
frame, replace the vent, and then rivet everything back the way it was.
This also seems to entail peeling back the trim, and then gluing it back
when done.

Does anyone have an alternate method for this simple repair, or am I in
need of a new tool (pop riveter)? Everything else in the car seems easy to
disassemble, except this. Help.

Thanks much,

-Hank Eskin

P.S. My "Your First Delorean" page (version 1.0) for DMCTech with photos is
now available at: http://www.eskin.net/firstdelorean.html