Okay someone tell me how the **** do you get this damn carpet out! I removed the dash, but now it appears the carpet is glued to the transmission tunnel up all the way up to the firewall. WTF!!! Do I have to remove the ventilation system too? Will it help if I do? Up to this point everything I read said remove the dash, not a word about anything else.

 

in order to get everything out, yes, the HVAC has to come out. In the grand scheme of things though, if you cut the carpet around where you can't get to it and pull it out, you can put the same carpet or an aftermarket carpet back in and you would never be able to tell once the dash goes in. That's what I did when I replaced mine.

 

Guess I'll have to buck up and do it. Layin in Dynamat so not much sense in skipping that area especially. Any info on HVAC removal?

 

Anyone know about removing the HVAC? Anyone want to give me a hand with this?

 

It's in the FSM.

 

Okay, someone who has done this please tell me how you got in there to remove the AC compressor lines and the coolant lines. I can't get my hand in there, let alone my hand any kind of tool.

 

Hey bud...just did this last weekend b/c I want to quiet coat everything.

1) There are a good half dozen (give or take a couple) bolts on the inside of the car holding the heater core and AC to the firewall. Remove these.

2) In the engine bay, you will need to disconnect your AC Lines and Heater Core Lines. There are 4 total and they are in pairs...they are on the passenger side of the car going into the firewall.

Once you have completed steps 1 and 2 you will be able to pull the AC and Heater Core out (may have to disconnect a connector or two).

The next step involves getting the darn carpet of the transmission tunnel. It is held on in about 6-8 spots by some nasty tar/glue. What I did was to pull over from the drivers side until I got to a place that was stuck down. You could probably use a heat gun to loosen up the tar but I just used a VERY long flat head screw driver to carefully loosen the carpet from the tar in each area.

Process took about an hour with no tears or damage to the carpet.

Hope this helps.

 

This brings me back to my previous question...how did you get to the A/C and coolant lines to disconnect them? I can't get my hand in there, let alone any tools.

 

I should have noted that my engine is currently pulled which simplifies this task immensely. If you aren't willing to pull your engine, your best bet is to cut the carpet unless someone else has a better solution. =)

Sorry.

 

Its a PIA but doable for most. If you can't get to it from the engine bay, the only thing you can do is start taking off stuff that is in your way. There is no secret shortcut on this one.

 

FINALLY!!! Got the HVAC so I could pull the carpet out. I went and bought a cheap wrench and bent it so I could get in to loosen the top AC line. Once it was off I could get a normal wrench in to loosen the bottom AC line. Then I was able to remove the AC coil. Next I removed the heatshield for the ABS and was able to get in there with a dremel to cut the clamps on the heater lines and remove them. Finally removed the heater core and was able to get the carpet out. What a pain in the ***!!! Now I'm wondering how much trouble it's going to be to put it all back after the dynamat is laid.