1996 heater core replacement
#1
1996 heater core replacement
I have a 1996 with the 5.8. The heater core is leaking into the cab a little. I want to replace myself. I've read on this forum that some people say it's very easy. My mechanic says he will have to take the dash off. He says he will have to disharge the ac and it will be at least $350. Is the 96 different than previous years or should this be very easy?
#3
I just did my 92. Not hard to do. You pull out the glove box and it is behind it I did not have to remove the dash. Took me about 45 min. 1/4'' and 9/32 sockets did mine. You really should get a manual it will save you a bunch of money. While your at it you may want to replace the heater hoses.
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#6
I'll join the concensus- it's so easy you'll think you did something wrong.
Your mechanic is a pirate. Shove his nose in that lie about discharging the AC. Ask him to show you exactly why. It'll be funny to see how he could possibly explain that. Then, do you neigbors a favor and hook him up on yelp.com with the review that he deserves so nobody else trusts him for anything.
There's a chance he's just simply mistaken, but without an apology I'd have fun with it. Be creative. I hate pirates.
Your mechanic is a pirate. Shove his nose in that lie about discharging the AC. Ask him to show you exactly why. It'll be funny to see how he could possibly explain that. Then, do you neigbors a favor and hook him up on yelp.com with the review that he deserves so nobody else trusts him for anything.
There's a chance he's just simply mistaken, but without an apology I'd have fun with it. Be creative. I hate pirates.
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#8
Worst case is you don't get it finished before 'dark'.
What I would do, knowing my luck sometimes, is have a piece of
tubing to connect the heater hose lines together if I couldn't finish the job for some reason and still be able to drive it.
Heck, you might be able to plug the lines off with a couple spark plugs or something.
#10
26 minutes is what I clocked myself at IIRC, still couldn't beat my OOBS non-A/C Chevy time, lol. But yah, you end up spending more time taking the hoses off the old core than it takes you to actually swap the cores.
#11
That's one of those pita ones that half the dash has to come out. But I got away without splitting the heater box by cutting the heater hose tubes off the old core, and uncrimping the tubes on the new core, sliding the core into place, and recrimping the tubes back on after feeding them through the Firewall and into the core. Thank god for O ring sealed tubes. Saved a lot of time.
#13
See, I told ya he wasn't digging for gold in your pockets
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