funnyscreennames 93' FD Super SSSLLLOOOWWW Build! by funnyscreenname

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well last time i left you all i still had a good bit to do to get to the firewall and floorboard area in the front. last nite i got off alittle early and decided to get some work done. i started out by removing the srs harness from the dash harness. it was still taped to the dash harness so i cut the tape and removed the wiring, crash sensor, and srs computer. 

i've removed the sensors from the front harness but, i still have some more wiring to remove. 

i was wondering what these plugs are for:

they're plugs in the srs harness that plug into some plugs in the dash harness...plugs. 

after the srs harness was removed i was left with this

of course on the driver side i was left with this:

i began feeding the wires through the hole in the firewall

almost there!

finally the harness is out.

now that the wiring is out it's time to get down to the metal. first i gently removed the carpet

my plan is to pressure wash it and dye it black. i'm gonna remove the padding off the bottom of it. my car has that old car smell so i'm really wanting to get rid of that and also remove the little bit of weight to it. 

once the carpet was out i was left with this

i took out the steering wheel and was then able to take out the black pad without having to cut it. i'm not sure yet if i'm gonna reuse it. 

the black mat had to be removed to get to the rest of the sound deadening but i also wanted to get it out so i could address this

it looks like a mold or something. gonna give it a good cleaning incase i decide to reuse it. 

when the black mat was out this is what i was looking at

now to remove the rest of the sound deadener

BUT

not before i acted goofy

i got back at it

i was moving right along in hopes of having all the deadening material removed 

and then DISASTER STRUCK! well not really but, the attachment for my air hose decided to keep popping off my air hammer. i kept putting it back on and then it popped off and the valve remained open. the air was flowing and the hose was flying around. unfortunately the other fittings i had were either broken themselves or a different fitting so that was it for the air compressor use tonite.

i didn't wanna stop at that point tho. i had come so far. i began removing the padding from the black rubbery panels and getting it nice and clean.

i was actually able to remove the epoxy that held it on too

i don't think i ended up taking a pic once it was done but it did come out nicely.

i sprayed it down with some goo gone andgave it a good wiping and it looks new. i'll most likely end up using it again but if not, it'll be clean for someone else to use.

that's it for now. i'm about to get up and go get a few more hose attachments so i can remove the rest of the sound deadening today. after that i'll start with the wire wheel to clean everything up and then i'll start getting the seams ready to weld. 

STAY TUNED!