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I know I'm technically challenged but USUALLY I can take apart a boxcar...NOT THIS TIME!

 

Got this car at York, an MTH Premier #20-94010. Also got an ETD Truck to swap with one of the stock trucks. Seems simple enough right? Wrong. 

 

Anyone have any clue how to take the shell off so I can swap the truck? Took EVERY screw out and it is still screwed in - no hidden screws except those inside to hold trucks on and two others - but I can't possible get to them. Picture from iPhone below is of the bottom - took the screws in the picture out also - no luck. Any help would be appreciated - usually I'm better than this!

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After you remove the screws, the lower door tracks have to be slid out from the tabs and completely removed.  As pictured, the tabs are in th sway of the floor coming out of the body.  The fit between the tab on the track and the slot on the body is usually pretty tight.  I take a small flat screwdriver blade and start to slowly pry the track out - work slowly from one end and gently work it loose.  Sometimes the paint has stuck them together and this bond has to "pop".  I've never broken one, but it's easy to see how they can break.

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