3:30pm today:
4:53pm:
And it was AMAZING how much stuff had to come apart to get from point A to point B. Three hidden bolts were the majority of the time needed. I flipped them off.
3:30pm today:
4:53pm:
And it was AMAZING how much stuff had to come apart to get from point A to point B. Three hidden bolts were the majority of the time needed. I flipped them off.
I can't find Waldo anywhere!
pinchvalve wrote: I can't find Waldo anywhere!
Second generation f body?
Were these the bolts behind the brake vacuum booster you were fighting?
Dusterbd13 wrote: Second generation f body?
Judging by the firewall hole, I'm guessing it had a column shift?
Sometimes I wonder if it's worth just preemptively removing the seats when I need to work under a dash.
SEADave wrote: Were these the bolts behind the brake vacuum booster you were fighting?
Nah, that was already out of the car. The three bolts I flipped off were behind the instrument cluster, which requires taking the dashboard apart to access, and most of the little metal clips did not want to come off of the structure of the car and I didn't feel comfortable just yanking hard on pristine 46 year old interior parts. And then the bottom half of the dash had to be dropped to get clearance to remove the pedal box, after disassembling some of the HVAC ducting, and since all of its foam insulation is gone/crumbled we're waiting on new foam to put it back together correctly. The pedal box is, literally, the first piece to go into the car, then the top and bottom halves of the dash go in separately and bolt in to it.
Also the HVAC controls are part of the instrument cluster because why not?
BrokenYugo wrote: Sometimes I wonder if it's worth just preemptively removing the seats when I need to work under a dash.
Considering most seats are little more than 4 bolts each, absolutely. In some cases, I'd even consider removing the steering wheel if I were doing a lot of work. My ex's 1800ES comes to mind - even the slightly smaller than stock Nardi wheel still blocked access to the driver's side.
That said, having a lift makes under-dash work easier since you can look under the dash without standing on your head.
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