My Fuse Box Relocation and Cleanup Project - Part 12

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Today I removed the sound deadening beneath the rear seats, next to the rear speakers, and some on the firewall and on the rear wheel wells. I called local places that sell dry ice but all of them close before I get off work so it's impossible for me to get my hands on dry ice this week. Ok...I have some canned air at home, right? Nope, and those things are hella expensive so I didn't feel like buying a bunch. No problem - I'll just go at it with a putty knife and a rubber mallet. I started with the stuff under the rear seats. All in all, the putty knife worked pretty good, although it left behind a lot of the black tar. Then I moved to the rear speakers and that was harder to remove because of the curvature it's on. Even more tar was left behind in these areas. Then I moved to the rear wheel wells and I could pick about 1/2 the stuff off with just my hands - the other 1/2 was hard even with the putty knife so I skipped that for now and moved to the firewall. Trying to get the sound deadening off the firewall is a huge PITA! This stuff left behind TONS of tar, and trying to get in there with the putty knife is very tricky because the firewall has so many dips and such in it. I gave up after a little section and a portion of a big section. I went back and cleaned the rear seat spot and the rear speaker spots with Goo Gone to get rid of all the tar. It worked surprisingly well (and my interior now has the scent of "Citrus Power" . At first I only let it sit a few seconds before scrubbing, but I soon learned to let it sit for at least 10 minutes so it can work it's magic. After a few applications most of the tar is gone - only a few little spots remain that I can pick off with my fingernails. I was very pleased to see that the putty knife left very few scratches on the body. I'm going to give in and pick up a few cans of compressed air tomorrow to hopefully make the firewall and wheel wells easier. I also taped up some more unused connectors - all the connectors for the hvac stuff I removed, the little light that lights up the cigarette lighter (the yellowish tint won't mesh with my custom white led interior that I have planned), the light that goes in the cup holder (c'mon, it doesn't even light the cup holder up well and that's one more thing I have to remove to get the center console out), and I taped up the amp connector and stuffed it under a brace running across the floor. I kinda have the urge to remove all the unnecessary wiring in the interior now, but I just don't have time for that at the moment. I go back to school in 2 weeks so after that I'll only be able to work on weekends. Pictures of the interior will be posted after I finish gutting it all and clean the whole thing with a Simple Green solution. I would love to paint the interior now too....




Finally finished taking off the firewall sound deadening. I used a heat gun and a putty knife. The heat gun actually worked very well, but left behind a lot of tar. I had to remove the gas pedal to get to some of the sound deadening. I still have to go over everything with the putty knife and several more applications of Goo Gone until I'm satisfied, but the hardest part is over. Did I mention I'm never touching firewall sound deadening ever again?