Dave,

I had the same ordeal when I did mine. Just used a wide scraper / putty
knife to remove it. I washed the dirt off with plain old soap and water.
Then let it dry, and reglued with common ordinary Weldwood brand contact
cement.

Karl Mullendore
Westy Ventures
1987 Syncro Westfalia 1.9TD

----- Original Message -----
> Does anyone know if there is an adhesive
> remover that will allow the fire blanket on the
> syncro to come off with shredding the fiberglass?
> I need to transfer the blanket from the old tank to
> the new if there is a way to clean dirt out of the
> adhesive as two of the pieces I have off the old one
> (which were easy enough to get off as they have
> dirt/sand covering 50% or more of the previously
> sticky surface).