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4-26-2013
4-26-2013
well I've been kinda slacking on the build lately. been trying to decide what it is I actually wanna do with a few things and been alittle unmotivated. gonna try and get back at it pretty hard next week. there's a local car meet this sunday that i'm sure will motivate and inspire me to get back to building a well rounded car.
I've been wanting to start putting the interior back in but I've needed to clean up the ac/heater components behind the dash. all the components were dirty and some even had leaves and other debris in them. they've definitely never been cleaned before so today I got to it. this is the first part I started with
all the foam seal was dry and flaking off so I went ahead and replaced it all with...
...that I got from o'reilly auto parts
not the best looking job but it'll seal well. you'll see after I did this section I decided to try and make it look alittle cleaner even tho no one will see the shit.
luckily the old foam adhesive strip came off pretty easily
after the old material was removed and the area was cleaned I put the new seal on
I think it came out well.
after I got the new seal put on I was doing more cleaning and found a crack
fortunately it didn't seem too bad. I don't think it's going to effect the air much, especially after I did a super quick fix...
anyway, after that part was all cleaned and good to go I decided to start fitting the pieces back into the car. I didn't bolt anything down yet. I think it'll be easier to put it all back in if the pieces are loose...
I soon moved on to the next piece of the puzzle. it had alotta debris in it so I decided the only way to really get everything cleaned out was to take it apart...
...and this was the mess in the bottom I couldn't have gotten to without taking it apart. for a 20 year old car I guess it could be worse.
this foam piece was loose so I went ahead and cleaned up the area it sits in then sprayed some adhesive and put it back.
as you can see, all the pieces needed the new seal. after all the debris was removed the piece was cleaned and the new seal was put on and ready to go in the car.
I saved the blower for last.
took it apart and of course it was filthy...
there's foam on each of the vents that open and close and it's in the same poor shape as the other seal. I decided to go ahead and remove it all. as I was blowing the parts clean with compressed air the foam just blew off and I knew if I would've left it alone it would've been a big mess once the air was turned on high...
the housing cleaned up nicely. I was alittle surprised at how clean the actual motor and blade assembly came out...
everything went back together nicely. I did end up running outta seal so i'll get more tomorrow and maybe get everything bolted down and connected...
well that's it for now