Quick heater core question

[STP72]

My heater core went a few weeks ago, so I by-passed it for now. But after getting caught in the rain the other day (what a nightmare) I need to fix it. I read on here about removing the glove box , cutting a hole in heater box replacing the heater core and glue the cut piece back on. Does this work? I plan on keeping the car untill I die
lol so a hack job isn't an issue. Its a 88 LX NO A/C

Thanks

ps any pics or a how- to doing the cut method, don't feel like wasting a day doing it the right way

 

[rd]

If you are going to keep the car, do it right.

On an 87 to 93 car, with ac, you can do it by taking out the front screws on the heater box, and prying up the cover to change the core. It saves some time over getting the box all the way loose and especially getting the firewall side cover screws out.

Not sure about a non ac 87 up, but my non ac 82 takes about an hour to pull the core and replace it. Only the glove box has to come out.

 

[Nova]

my car has ac, and wasnt bad to do. pull the column and cluster, the center console, theres 5 bolts that hold the dash to the car, pulled it back about 2 feet. then i had to undo the fire wall bolts, pull the box down, unbolt the top, cut it, swap heater cores, then rtv'd it back together, duck taped it for good luck, and put it back together.

wasnt too bad at all. installing the full autometer cluster, then swapping to a grey dash... now that was a pain.