heatercore replacement.... suggestions

[pd code 805d]

i would like to STICKY this since i havent seen a write up.

- i would like to ask advice: Should i try flushing 1st? How do i do this?

- a few things i found say to drain the gas out of the a/c. do i have to do this?

PLEAS SOMEONE WHO HASDONE THIS TELL ME A STEP BY STEP SO WE CAN STICKY THIS.

 

[Boveevil]

These are the threads I used... wasn't anywhere near as bad as it looks. Good Luck!http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963504&highlight=heater+core+replacement

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=963507&highlight=heater+core+replacement

Oh Forgot to mention that I didn't pull the steering wheel, or the seats, Just swug the pass side into the passenger seat and pulled the hvac box.

 

[pd code 805d]

this sucks..............

 

[Danger Dave]

"
this sucks.............. "

Yep, I just finished replacing my evaporator and heater core. I don't want to EVER do that again...

 

[Talyn]

Its not that bad. Just takes a while.

 

[rmonte4812]

Not fun at all. I can think of better ways to spend about 8 hours of my time. Lots of small screws and nuts to remove and it's easy to forget what went where. Mine went pretty good but I wasted at least 2 hours trying to find 1 last nut holding the hvac unit to the firewall. Eventually found it but ended up cracking the housing. I just did some fiberglass work to it and all is good. Good luck and make sure there isn't any kids around to hear all your cusing.

 

[joe_peters]

"
this sucks.............. "

Yep, I just finished replacing my evaporator and heater core. I don't want to EVER do that again...

It gets easier the more times you do it.

 

[magimerlin]

I might have missed it but what year you got?

If it is a Renix era here is my write up. I did not have working a/c, so I wasn't worried about opening the system. If you do have a working a/c system it must be evacuated first.
http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=931690&highlight=heater+core

 

[UNCC_99XJ]

It gets easier the more times you do it.

Indeed, and if you have some help that knows what they're doing, it can be done quite quickly. First one I did, we had 4 of us working on it and had it knocked out start-to-finish in 3 hours. The next one was just myself and one of other person and it took us 8 hours (with having to make a couple parts runs and breaks for food).

Looks like i'll be doing mine this spring...guess it's time to call in some favors