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Originally Posted by HO455
Oh yea!!!! I picked up a new set of firewall insulation from Early Classic before their shutdown. I've not gotten to installing them as I had figured it was going to be an all day ordeal.
Is it a hijack if I ask about installation of the other 2 pieces of insulation?
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No I don’t think that’s a hijack... 68 stepper is probably going to want to start prepping the cuss word dictionary for those pieces too
just kidding, it’s not that bad it’s just tight under there and I had to do some of it laying on my back on the cab floor. The pieces take some forming and shaping to get to fit right. For me the drivers side piece was the easiest, I really fought to get the center piece in and fitting right. I’ve got ac so I don’t have the passenger side to worry about. The center was the biggest pain for me. You’ll have to pull the gas pedal, oil psi line, exterior hvac wiring etc. then you have to make sure the very top of the insulation panel folds toward the front of the truck under the the bottom of the cowl. The biggest fight I had was keeping the top folded forward, if you don’t do this the whole piece will sit to low and not line up with the holes. You also have to push the pre-bent sections into place before you can pin it up. You’ll probably set it up on the firewall and take it back off a couple times so you can see where and how the bends need to be. It will make more sense when you get into it. I didn’t use the rubber insulation plugs i got from classic bowties, instead I decided to use plastic Christmas tree type push in clips to hold them in. The rubber plugs were quite difficult to get in the holes while keeping the insulation in place. I think I had about 3 hours total into both sides but my interior isn’t together so no seat in the way or ac box or carpet to remove either. Beware, my jute padding was full of fiber glass. Wear long sleeves. I didn’t and my arms were full of fiber glass for a few days.