Anyone ever had to drop a headliner?

Here's an old post of mine:

http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forum...hlight=sconut1

I finally got around to ordering the wiring for my rear view mirror. I was quite surprised when the parts girl I deal with at Freedom Ford came out with a wireing harness that's several feet long with many different connectors.

I didn't belive at first that it was even correct, but it is. Long and short, for me to install the missing harness, I need to drop the headliner.

I looked in my service manual and here's the deal:

1. Remove seats!
2. Remove floor console!!!!
3. Remove overhead console
4. Remove front door weatherstrips
5. Remove windshield side garnish mouldings
6. Remove sunvisors and recepticles and electrical connections
7. Remove B-pillar trim
8. Remove passenger assist handles
9. Remove rear quater trim panels
10. Disconnect headliner harness electrical connection at rear C pillar
11. Remove the pin type retainers
12. Pull down sides of headliner to reveal adhesive beads
13. Using a putty knife or hot blade knife, cut adhesive beads lenthgwise across the headliner
14. If you bend or fold the headliner, it must be replaced with a new one
15. Clean any remaining adhesive from the roof sheet metal

It says reverse steps to install with another warning about bending the headliner.

WOW!!!!

Anyone done this before? Anyone have any tips or tricks? Anyone had to replace this harness before? Anyone know any shortcuts?

I'm not sure I like the whole cut adhesive beads thing either.... I don't even want to know what a new headliner is worth... the darn haress was $120.00 discounted!

I consider myself farily mechanically inclined, but this type of trim work I'm sure has lots of squeek and rattle implications too.

If anyone has any thoughts or ideas, please let me know!