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So I have some time and I decided to pull my dash and HVAC box to fix my water leaks which I originally thought was coming from the fresh air intake but it appears now it's all the blower motor seal/foam. When I pulled the dash I discovered all kinds of exposed wires, dirty grounds, smashed/pancaked heater tubes and all sorts of nonsense so I'm making it a general clean up. It was also an excuse to put as much Dynamat (well, a knock off) on the firewall as I could. Anyway, now that I'm sitting here with this nonsense, I'm kind of regretting it... I didn't find it all that complicated to take apart. It was pretty straightforward, the issue is just the foam is all rotting and in horrible condition. The only part's I can find are these but they're listed as 97+ and I have an 89. They look right but even if I got those and they worked all the blend door and interior foam is trashed. In another post I found that someone used this product for the blower/fresh air seals and this for the blend doors. Mine is in good enough shape that I could probably use it as a template so right now I'm leaning towards that being my best option but I'm curious if anyone has any magical suggestions (besides set it on fire). There's way more foam in the box than I thought there was. I'm going to replace my heater core/evap/blower while I'm at it but that's pretty much killing my budget atm lol.

I had a quick question and I'm pretty sure its a stupid question, but here it goes anyways..... my 86 comanche where the spindle goes into the axle housing there seems to be a rusty piece of metal left of what looks like to be a seal I'm not sure if its just a dust seal or what. Its kind of hard to explain without a picture which i will try to get later, but if you follow the ujoint off the wheel towards the center of the axle right where the spindle enters the housing it looks like there are remains of a seal is it a necessity to have that seal in place? there doesnt appear to be any fluid leaking from the axle on either side but both seals are rotted right out... Are they known as inner spindle seals or our spindle seals? thanks for any help in advance.....