Now that the tank and firewall are out next is evap suitcase. First remove the stereo head unit and AC control from the dash in order to access two nuts and one bolt on the back side of the suitcase. Read many places what a pita this was and was not looking forward to it. One of the good decisions I made before starting was to buy these:
I had never removed either and had them both unlocked from the dash in 5 minutes. Total. Super easy with these tools and for $14 a no brainer. Removing the plugs behind the AC control was a challenge so I ended up cutting a couple of zip ties under the drivers side dash to loosen the wire bundle and allow me to pull the control head out far enough to unlatch the plugs. There is one 10mm steel nut and one 10mm bolt on the ceiling inside the AC dash cavity, and one steel nut inside the stereo cavity that anchor the rear of the suitcase to the frame of the car. I say steel nuts because there are some 10mm nylon ones in there too but you are looking for the steel nuts.
Arrow shows the correct nut stud, not where my socket is in this pic. AC side is similar.
Next to remove is the left and right ducts that plug into the bottom corner below each fan on the suitcase. They pass up from each footwell and are locked into the suitcase with plastic tabs that snap into holes in the fan shroud. Three per side. The forward one is visible from the front, the rear two are not visible. I took several pics and marked them. From the footwell:
From the suitcase side after the ducting has been pulled out the bottom. Notice the single tab hole on the front and two on the back:
As the p-car guide says, do not push on the duct crossbar to help push it out. The crossbar is plastic and will break. Ask me how I know.