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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 02:35 PM
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Heat insulator

Looking for different methods to remove the heat insulator from the inside of the car.

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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 03:16 PM
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If you are talking about the "hairy" type stuff........scrape and elbow grease.

If you are talking about the "tar"......scape, flame,freeze, and much, much, much more elbow grease.

Two effective ways:

1st:
use a blow torch, heat & melt, scrape with a putty knife, once cooled clean with paint thinner.

2nd:
(In Texas) use dry ice to freeze the tar, beat it with a hammer and chip it up.(In the north) put the car outside, then pull it in and beat it with a hammer and chip it up.

I spent 1 week doing this...it is not easy!!
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 04:44 PM
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Tar, use dry ice. Get in in chipped form, spread it out on the floor, drink a beer. Then whack it with a mallet, itll shatter like glass.
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Old Jan 13, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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I used the torch method. I had to watch out for hidden wires under the surface of the stuff but it went well and took 2 days to do. It's amazing how flammable they make that insulator stuff.
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Old Jan 14, 2003 | 04:10 PM
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Sorry to sound so ignorant, but I hope I can take advantage of the lovely weather we are dealing with. We are averaging 23 degrees Farenheit, is that cold enough to break up the stuff or should I just get the dry ice and drink some beer
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Old Jan 14, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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Get the ice and beer! I did mine with an air chisel, poked a bunch of holes in the floorpan. I got clued into the dry ice trick after mine was done. Oh well.
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