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I've started to dismantle the '41. The door hinge pins won't budge. Is there a trick to them or am I just looking at 70+ years or corrision. I didn't want to force them and then discover there was an easy way....

mix acetone and trans fluid 50/50 pour it over the hinges and let it set for a couple of hrs . then you should be able to drive them out from the bottom . this has worked for me on a lot of rusted bolts and screws

I believe the hinges on my 38 Master are similar. I used a ball joint/universal press. It looks like a giant U clamp. I used a bolt on the bottom of the pin and a deep socket around the head. It screeched and protested a bit as it was pushed out.

I use the Acetone and ATF mix with great success . some things will take weeks to soak all the way through . be patient and use a very large hammer .

The trick for me was making sure there was solid support under the hinge not just held in the vice. I had a 2x3x4 block of Al and a sacrificial old socket that I use for stuff like that. I also found the hardest one of mine was actually rusted in 3 pieces and didn't want to drive out. Kroil, 5lb jack, and solid support at the point of impact... I don't have a press

When you drive a pin out of a bored hole with a hammer the shock
compresses and causes barreling of the pin just as a rivet
shank fills the hole it's in. The harder you hammer the
tighter the pin will get.
Fred's got the right idea, pressing a pin/bolt/shaft out of a
hole is the correct way to remove them. The steady pressure
will not expand the shank, unless it is restricted at it's
exit point and you're putting a WHOLE bunch of compressive
force on it, like 22,000 psi yield strength for A36 steel.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

On mine I used a small propane torch to heat things up and get them free, then a hammer and a punch. It took a while but worked well!