That stuff's not too bad really. The biggest pain is getting it all past the glazing channels sometimes, as glass usually went in after. Also, cleaning ancient white grease out of things like door lock coil springs and then relubing takes forever. I put Prepsol in the airbrush at 100 PSI. 
When you're refitting, leave the screws and nuts finger snug until the whole assembly is in and connected. That way if you need to rip it out for some reason (order of assembly?), there's no flaking the finish. Oh, and "butter" under exposed screwheads, locks and strikers with anti-rust wax or fish oil. It'll help keep an air and water-tight seal. Ditto for the outside weatherstrips.
Bassfreak: You'll be surprised how easy dash work is (comparative) with the column and pedal bracket out as an assembly. Don't do it this time, but look under, think it through and you'll see where I'm coming from.
I could pull it in 25 minutes, get under, loosen the handbrake cable, drop that down and the dash was free access on the XC.
Cheers, Adam.
When you're refitting, leave the screws and nuts finger snug until the whole assembly is in and connected. That way if you need to rip it out for some reason (order of assembly?), there's no flaking the finish. Oh, and "butter" under exposed screwheads, locks and strikers with anti-rust wax or fish oil. It'll help keep an air and water-tight seal. Ditto for the outside weatherstrips.
Bassfreak: You'll be surprised how easy dash work is (comparative) with the column and pedal bracket out as an assembly. Don't do it this time, but look under, think it through and you'll see where I'm coming from.
I could pull it in 25 minutes, get under, loosen the handbrake cable, drop that down and the dash was free access on the XC. Cheers, Adam.
