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W.A
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Stripping a Sprinter
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Fri, 24 September 2004 12:59
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Hey ppl,
Today i stripped my sprinter, taken everything out except not sure how to remove the dash... unscrewed almost everything in sight. Any ideas? (Planning to transplant an AE92 dash in!)
Also, in preperation for some stitch welding, I was wondering if I should try to remove the tar stuff on the floor pan... Has anyone done this?? Only way I can think of is chisel it off then get the whole thing acid dipped...
Any comments appreciated!
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sydney
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December 2002
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Fri, 24 September 2004 13:05
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there's a bolt behind the top vent on the passenger side
and a couple up high behind the glove box, but remove glove box first and it should pop off with a litttle pull, good luck
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Baulko Hillo
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April 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Fri, 24 September 2004 13:10
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Yep, that bolt behind the passenger vent and one way up behind the glovebox caused me headaches too......
Best way I know of to strip the tar stuff is to use a heat gun and you should be able to peel it off in huge pieces.
PM Youngy about that. He will tell you exactly what to do.
Cheers,
Jeremy.
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July 2002
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Newcastle
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August 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Fri, 24 September 2004 16:35
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Tar stuff? Is it just for sound-insulation?
Is there that much (I am dreading to look).
For sound insulation on the floor under the carpet, do they still use tar? If not what? (prolly pastic, that make everything else out of plastic sheesh)
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, WA
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May 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Fri, 24 September 2004 16:47
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if your talking about the dash as in the instrument cluster you need to pull off the dial on either side (the wiper and headlight dials) then pull off the black twisty things, then theres a white coloured nut under there which u just screw off
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Location:
Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Fri, 24 September 2004 22:46
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Yep its tar with a backing all over the floorpan. I simply used a 1" chisel and a whole lot of time. Then used a rotary wire brush on a drill to remove the rest of it, and then liberally applied POR15 and then VHT enamel.
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Location:
W.A
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May 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 01:02
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HEy thanks all of you!
I'll give it a try.
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Baulko Hillo
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April 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 01:34
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| no_tofu_speed wrote on Sat, 25 September 2004 02:35 |
Tar stuff? Is it just for sound-insulation?
Is there that much (I am dreading to look).
For sound insulation on the floor under the carpet, do they still use tar? If not what? (prolly pastic, that make everything else out of plastic sheesh)
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All up there is quite a lot. Someone I know stripped theirs and weighed it - 35kg's!!!
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July 2002
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 02:08
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Fark! were they counting the seats ?!?
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Adelaide
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May 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 03:45
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I got to 20kg of deadening alone before i gave up weighing.
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Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 03:46
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To remove the tar you can also use dry ice, it will freeze the tar which u can then take off in large chunks.
otherwise use a heat gun and a chisel, then use a solvent to remove the residue left behind.
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Adelaide
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August 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 04:12
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what tar stuff you guys talking below of the carpet? anyone got a pic?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, WA
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May 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 06:23
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you can see it if you open the boot and look under the carpet
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Melbourne Victoria
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December 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 06:53
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Took the tar out of my AE86 not long ago, used a heat gun and a chisel. The thicker tar at the front can be heated up and pealed of in large pieces, the rear tar is thinner and heats up real quick and becomes very soft and difficult to scrap up in large pieces. Small pieces of tar that was left was sanded off with a drill sanding disk. In all the tar wieghed about 20 kgs.
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Newcastle
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August 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 09:33
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dry ice??
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Adelaide
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August 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 25 September 2004 11:00
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yeh i did find some tar at the rear...but i'm curious where the F did all the tar came froM??
20kg...u wanna sell them? 
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W.A
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May 2004
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March 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 02 October 2004 07:51
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yo i would like some pics to bruiselee08@hotmail.com thanks! just pics of the tar or the interior??
i was told by a workhop that the proper way to do it. is strip everything, sandblast, then spot weld, and then spray over..mannn how much work is that?? i think that sucks man but hopefully it will work! anyone got any ideaS?
how does this dry ice thing work? ive been told to use dry ice too but no idea how its gona work..
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Banned user
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ADELAIDE - The Drift City
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July 2002
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 02 October 2004 09:00
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use a wirewheel on the areas you intend to weld, make sure it is free of residue or crap!
satoshi: the tar is all throughout the car for sounddeadning, it is quiet effective at it too.
im dreading the day i do mine haha
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, WA
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May 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 02 October 2004 09:21
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im too lazy to do mine 
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Location:
W.A
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May 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 02 October 2004 11:25
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I tried using some acetone on the residue... does an ok job on the residue, but there are a lot of small bits of tar that wont come off... wire brush doesnt do jack.
Any ideas? Besides going at every tiny bit with a chisel....
Anybody?
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Location:
Newcastle
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August 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 02 October 2004 12:01
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oxy-torch?
hahahaha
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Location:
Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sat, 02 October 2004 14:35
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| AE86slut wrote on Fri, 24 September 2004 23:10 |
Best way I know of to strip the tar stuff is to use a heat gun and you should be able to peel it off in huge pieces.
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That's about the most common way ppl remove it.
However, the other alternative I've seen is to use dry ice ...
The Club4AG link on the build up of Taka's car is a good reference point (picture wise anyway) about stripping a car and building it up ... pretty much what I'll be doing to my 2nd AE86 soon ...
http://www.driftday.com/taka_rebuild.htm
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Location:
qld
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October 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sun, 03 October 2004 02:03
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i did mine not to long after getting the car, used a heatgun and paint scrapper, then got all the residue off using kerosene on a rag and in the more difficult spots kero and a brush, came up like new....
However, the tar on the fire wall takes absoloutley ages and you MUST have EVERYTHING removed from under the dash, so not sure how many of you will go to that extreme.
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I supported Toymods
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sydney.au
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August 2002
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sun, 03 October 2004 07:59
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mine was done in japan for me
heh
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Location:
Montrose, VIC
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May 2002
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Sun, 03 October 2004 12:45
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A suggestion: using those little wire wheels you get at Bunnings on a drill is useless - angle grinder with a bigger (and more expensive!) wire wheel is far more effective..
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April 2003
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Mon, 18 October 2004 07:36
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this may sound stupid but is the floor held together by any of this tar stuff. i don't want my car to fall apart. \Alos wat is the advantage of seem welding
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Location:
Perth, WA
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June 2004
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Re: Stripping a Sprinter
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Mon, 18 October 2004 13:30
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Nope none of the tar holds anything together, but you will reveal some holes in your body.
And as far as i know, seam welding is a way of strengthening the body and making it more rigid.
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