4877 Ressurecting a bad girl...

[Lwanmtr]

Phew...another 3 hour day pulling out the old insulation and scraping all the old stuff.....tomorrow...Pulling the ECU and Fuse Brakets, cleaning out under those and then....bath time for the interior...

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Once its all cleaned n dried I'll be making templates so I can cut the fatmat to fit areas.....stay tuned....

[DMC5180]

Now that it's all exposed, take a bunch of overlapping photos of the uncovered insides of the car. Then post them in the resources section for future reference. This way when folks need a visual to help explain a diagnostic process or location, we'll have a pool of pics to choose from.

It's Just a suggestion if you feel like doing it.


Dennis

[Lwanmtr]

Yeah, I'll prolly take some after I wash it all down.

[Lwanmtr]

Ok, so I finally finished putting down the fatmat sound/heat insulation..my back and knees and arms have registered their complaints from all the kneeling, bending, twisting I had to do to get some of it in there.

I started by using paper to make templates of each peice I needed, as well as taking measurements..funny no matter how many times i measured or fit my paper templates the cut peices never seemed to go exactly how they should have..ahh well.

I ended up using about 60 sq ft or so, and yep I did nearly all of it except areas I knew wouldn't matter..and a few errors (when making templates, be sure you flip the thing for the other side of the car) In all I've only added about 25-30lbs.

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When I was getting the last pieces in I was reminded of wrapping potatoes in aluminum foil and putting them in the fire to cook when we went camping...

I still need to find some padding for under the carpets, and I'll probably get Harvey's insulation as an add for the back wall.

I took the wheel off so I could drill out the rivets for the engine cover release handle to put new ones in and well...its a lil apparent my shocks are past it....

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And for those who've followed along and recall the short trip mentioned early on where the wheel fell off...Here is what it looks like when your brake disk runs on the rim. Its also a testimony on the quality of these rims that it survived the car coming down on it and running a few feet...

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Stay tuned for more adventures.....

[DMC-81]

Nice job on the insulation!

[Lwanmtr]

Thanks. It actually took longer than I thought it would, simply because of all the crawling in and out..lol.

As an added bonus, the car will super clean, probably cleaner than any car I've ever had because I've torn into areas on this I never did on them...lol.

I did find a penny under the fuse tray...hehe.

[Henrik]

Very well done, Rob!

[Lwanmtr]

Thanks. And thanks for the help on that.

[Lwanmtr]

Well...today was a bit of a wash....

I reattached the rear fascia...of course, 3 of the screws that attach along the rear closing panel didnt go in, cause the holes dont match on the fascia..go figure...

Started putting the tail lights in...decided to quit after an hour or so of trying to get the screws in...cause they dont line up..I think partly because the fascia had been so warped before....I'll revisit it tomorrow or next day...lol

Its amazing how exhausted turning a screwdriver over and over and over while attempting to push the tailights up and in can make one.

The temptation to get a new rear fascia is creeping back in...lol

[Rich_NYS]

Paint yer damn front fascia, put the damn thing on, and post some damn pics...dammit! -lol

+1 lol