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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 12:51 AM
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Ok i have been having a hell of a time trying to get this damn ac box off my firewall. I know you can take the dash out to do it but i dont have time for that huge of a project in itself. I unbolted it all from the firewall. nothing....tried using a grinder to cut it off but its too big to really do much. plus i just made a big mess of dust everywhere from cutting it. so how do i do this? is it ok to cut? what should i cut it with? where should i cut? HELP

I have the engine out of the car BTW
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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c'mon guys, I hope your not all as stumped as I am
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 03:30 PM
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Best way i have seen is by way of destruction Cut it off in sections with a cut-off wheel or simply break it apart, it is fiberglass afterall.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 09:25 PM
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BFH......Or pull the dash....
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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I beat the hell out of mine with a 3lb hammer. The motor was out of the car so it was a little easier. Then I fabbed up my own delete plate with 18 gage sheet metal
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Old Mar 29, 2009 | 10:41 AM
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i just beat the hell outa mine and broke it off in peices its not really that hard to pull the dash took me about three hours by myself to do it and u can clean a bunch of crap out from behind their
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