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fierofrenzy
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JAN 13, 12:29 PM
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Hi.... I just purchased a beautiful 87 Gold GT. What a deal on a beautiful car. Even the tail lights are perfect ! One problem it did have was a leak in the heater cord. While replacing it, quite easy in itself... one of the hose tubes broke off the core, and anit freeze spilled all over the passenger side carpet. I did have a small pan there, but missed alot of it. So now that the job is complete and works great, the carpet is very wet and Im having difficulty drying it out. Blow dryer didnt do much, either did a vacuum. This stuff is alot more stuborn than straight water. Any suggestions?
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Mike in Sydney
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JAN 13, 06:59 PM
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I suggest that you remove the passenger seat, the console, front, middle, and rear sections, trim around the passenger door and loosen the the B-pillar trim on the passenger side get the carpet out. It's a molded carpet so it will come out like a flexible bathtub.
When you get it out, use a wet / dry shop vacuum (or the vacuum at the carwash) to suck as much antifreeze & water as you can from the felt padding. This is most likely where the water is. Then, you can put fans in the car with the windows down and doors open to dry the pad. From personal experience, this will take around 24-hours. (TIP: disconnect the battery. Ask me how I know, lol.)
While the carpet pad is drying clean the carpet with a good carpet cleaner and brush. Forget the foam in a can, it's worthless. Use the kind you buy when you rent a carpet cleaner for you home carpets. After scrubbing, rinse well. I used a garden hose on mine. I hung the carpets from the clothes-line and started at the top and rinsed down flushing the soap out. I then let the carpet dry in the sun while the pad was drying.
The only thing wrong with this method was that the carpet looked so good on the passenger sie that I had to do the same on the drivers side. Same process more fiddly because of the pedals and the e-brake handle.
BTW: Watch for the clips that hold the carper to the skeleton under the console and the round carpet plugs that hold the carpet in place. Best to remove them before yanking the cartpet out.
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Australian
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JAN 14, 03:41 AM
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Just a bad time of year as cold in US now I had issue recently wet carpet but lucky it was 100 degrees here that day and was gone same day.
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theogre
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JAN 16, 11:26 PM
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This time of year likely won't clean the mess because is a large project as said above...
⚠️ Warning: Coolant is Poison. Don't let animals to lick the carpet.
Carpet can dry to touch and still be poison.------------------
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
(Jurassic Park)
The Ogre's Fiero Cave
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Quadfather
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JAN 17, 01:23 PM
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The carpets in my '87 were filthy when I first got the car home so I took them to a car wash. I spent probably 30 minutes on each carpet, switching back and forth between soap and straight water until the water that flowed off them was clean.
Because these carpets have the thick rubber backing they're much more durable than regular automotive carpet.
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