Just wanted to share my experience with swapping heater cores. I wish I recorded this.
So pulling the dash out, if your experienced with wrenching and a contortionist, you can free the dash in 1hr max, and that I includes organizing all the screws and nuts and panels.
It took is 3.5 hours to get the new heater core IN. We had to Dremel an edge off the back right of the box. It's liked this curved section where the heater core too has to slide over. We also trimmed some areas of the plastic that werre clearly hitting the top of the inner firewall.
You must put the heater core and panel back in at once together. We did not bother getting the back screws in. No way in hell could my hands take anymore torture.
And check out pictures below. First picture is the heater core from LMR. IT CLEARLY DOESNT FIT RIGHT. AND IT IS THE RIGHT ONE
Next is OEM. And the one below that is heater core we got from radiator express. It actually had the solder joint boxed looking joints too. It fit like OEM as shown.
And we did this with the AC still connected!
So pulling the dash out, if your experienced with wrenching and a contortionist, you can free the dash in 1hr max, and that I includes organizing all the screws and nuts and panels.
It took is 3.5 hours to get the new heater core IN. We had to Dremel an edge off the back right of the box. It's liked this curved section where the heater core too has to slide over. We also trimmed some areas of the plastic that werre clearly hitting the top of the inner firewall.
You must put the heater core and panel back in at once together. We did not bother getting the back screws in. No way in hell could my hands take anymore torture.
And check out pictures below. First picture is the heater core from LMR. IT CLEARLY DOESNT FIT RIGHT. AND IT IS THE RIGHT ONE
Next is OEM. And the one below that is heater core we got from radiator express. It actually had the solder joint boxed looking joints too. It fit like OEM as shown.
And we did this with the AC still connected!