Forego the vice grips. Read through this sticky on the CMP's M1 Carbine forum for how to clean and inspect a carbine:
http://www.thecmp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2967&highlight=firing+change
The CMP also has a general takedown set of instructions to go with:
http://www.thecmp.org/pdfs/m1carbinedisassembly.pdf
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