Factory adhesive is very thin spray on stuff. If you have thick, yellow junk in globs, it's not factory.

The right carb cleaner (DON"T get any with methylene chloride in it, it will REMOVE the paint!!!!) will soften the cement, not melt it. It will then rub with a shop towel (cloth) or scrape with a metal hooked type scraper (looks like a paint brush sorta, with two slightly more than right angle flat sheetmetal "blades"). Have a care not to damage the paint.

This is a BIG PITA -- factory stuff comes right off with 3M remover or good carb spray.

Liquid nails or "permanent" contact adhesive (usually not applied to the pad, I've found!) take forever to get off. They will not dissovle in the solvents, just get "gummy". Usually not in a nice even coat, either -- heavy on the stiffeners, a couple big slops around the edges, and some globs in the center. Runs, almost 1/8 inch thick, etc. I'd be shocked if this was factory, I'd fire anybody wasting that much material to do such a poor job.

The pad in the 300D fell apart -- it was only glued on the stiffeners and a couple random areas, not evenly like the long dead one in the TE. That one won't get replaced until I repaint the hood -- gotta knock out some dents.

Peter

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1972 220D ?? miles
1988 300E 200,012
1987 300D Turbo killed 9/25/07, 275,000 miles
1985 Volvo 740 GLE Turobodiesel 218,000
1972 280 SE 4.5 165, 000 - It runs!