Biohazard
My guy Bryan took the windshield out for me. He says its Chinese glass :( He also says the gasket is in fine shape but I think I'm going to replace it anyway. It has some Scorch Red overspray on it and I'm no fan of water leaks.
I immediately pulled the dash frame out and attacked the last of the insulation. Got the bulk of the soft stuff out by hand, then went for the pressure washer. 2500 psi quickly blasted the glued-on insulation off and down to bare, painted metal. It also made short work of the waxy black seal sealer which is so dried out and hardened...it ain't much of a sealer anymore (my opinion). I'll put down something fresher during reassembly.
The pressure washer provided mechanical removal of the lingering insulation fibre and any dust and dirt accumulations all of which are safe harbors for mold. A re-treat with the ammonia will follow to kill mold and generally sanitize every square inch of surface area inside the car (outside, too because I'm going to do it all at once to prevent any re-contamination)
Here is the forward floor plan after getting blasted/rinsed.
Once more with flash...
You can see in the above pictures that there remains some glue residue up near the cowl. I figure the ammonia will help get that off and, if not, I'll scrub off whatever's left.
Cleaned out the windshield gasket channel.
Over to the driver's side. Gonna wrap some more of that wiring bundle and recover the exposed wires.
Taking this out...well worth the money spent on windshield removal. I will be better able to clean it as well as the rest of the firewall with it out of the car.
Okay, last thing for a while: here's the heater and A/C box, partly disassembled, and half-*** cleaned. The fresh air boxes are here, too.
Next event: With all of the loose items taken out of the car, I'll go at it with the pump sprayer and ammonia from end to end, inside and out. I'll need a respirator, though. Ain't going thru that again. Also going to pull some select items back out of the parts bin for some ammonia-based cleaning.
It was nearly 100F today. I have the luxury of time so I will wait for some mo decent weather before administering the cat pee treatment.
until then....
My guy Bryan took the windshield out for me. He says its Chinese glass :( He also says the gasket is in fine shape but I think I'm going to replace it anyway. It has some Scorch Red overspray on it and I'm no fan of water leaks.
I immediately pulled the dash frame out and attacked the last of the insulation. Got the bulk of the soft stuff out by hand, then went for the pressure washer. 2500 psi quickly blasted the glued-on insulation off and down to bare, painted metal. It also made short work of the waxy black seal sealer which is so dried out and hardened...it ain't much of a sealer anymore (my opinion). I'll put down something fresher during reassembly.
The pressure washer provided mechanical removal of the lingering insulation fibre and any dust and dirt accumulations all of which are safe harbors for mold. A re-treat with the ammonia will follow to kill mold and generally sanitize every square inch of surface area inside the car (outside, too because I'm going to do it all at once to prevent any re-contamination)
Here is the forward floor plan after getting blasted/rinsed.
Once more with flash...
You can see in the above pictures that there remains some glue residue up near the cowl. I figure the ammonia will help get that off and, if not, I'll scrub off whatever's left.
Cleaned out the windshield gasket channel.
Over to the driver's side. Gonna wrap some more of that wiring bundle and recover the exposed wires.
Taking this out...well worth the money spent on windshield removal. I will be better able to clean it as well as the rest of the firewall with it out of the car.
Okay, last thing for a while: here's the heater and A/C box, partly disassembled, and half-*** cleaned. The fresh air boxes are here, too.
Next event: With all of the loose items taken out of the car, I'll go at it with the pump sprayer and ammonia from end to end, inside and out. I'll need a respirator, though. Ain't going thru that again. Also going to pull some select items back out of the parts bin for some ammonia-based cleaning.
It was nearly 100F today. I have the luxury of time so I will wait for some mo decent weather before administering the cat pee treatment.
until then....