How to really clean the interior

wow, no replies... This was a joke, FYI. I took the dash apart to mount the GPS receiver, and thought I'd try to be clever. Guess I need to try harder next time!

Man, I thought you WERE serious! You ARE a cleaning nut, as far as the term goes...

Dang, I was going to say, what's next cleaning everything with a Q-Tip.

Eh, but then you run the risk of dirtying the parts up when you put it back together.

How worried were you about donking the bottom of the dash off the top of the steering wheel? Dunno why, but I'm always super worried about that happening.

Heheh, I wasn't too worried. Just took it slow. Actually it was easier to take out then to put back in. You could always tape the wheel with masking tape though to prevent any accidental scuffs. I probably should have just to be safe.


That's the parking brake...

I thought you were serious also but held my comments cause you live a liiiiitttllleee too close

I had a 1977 Z28 Camaro that I once spent all day cleaning. I got to the point where I could not think of anything else to clean on it. I steam cleaned the engine, tranny, underbody, wheel wells, wheels/tires, washed, and waxed everything on the car. About the only time it could have been any cleaner is when it left the factory. I was working at my Dad's service station at the time and had a lift and everything I needed right there.

The dead pedal isn't really usable. I just ignore it, really. Sometimes it's useful, but really it's too far away, not upright enough. I've had better

Mebby I'm a little behind the times. I see the area on the floor you all are talking about but what the heck is a dead pedal

It's a place to put your left foot, generally raised out to be near even with the clutch pedal. If you think about your right foot, it's almost always on a pedal, the gas or brake. In a manual car, when your foot is not on the clutch, where do you put it? If you are still accelerating, you want it near the clutch. If there's nothing there, you kind of have to hover it yourself. A dead pedal alleviates that.

In an automatic it really doesn't matter. You can just stretch your foot out like the passenger does. You won't need that foot while driving.

Another reason to use a dead pedal, besides resting your foot on, is making a hard turn, you have something to level yourself up so you don't have to hang on the steering wheel, I read about this somewhere, that is what racers use them for....

LOL!