evaporator core in '89

PetesPonies · #1 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 05:39 AM

whats is involved in replacing it? All done from the engine side?

schefner · #2 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 06:48 PM

There is two bolts that hold the shroud, two that hold the radiator and a couple that go from the core forward through the grill. Toughest part is getting the radiator hoses off. Drain the radiator, take the hoses off at the radiator end, remove the shroud bolts and just let it hang on the back side of the fan. Take the bolts out of the radiator, tilt it toward the engine and lift out. Then after you remove the two a/c hoses (you need a special tool from autozone, it is the same type of tool that removes fuel lines to change the filter) reach behind the grill from the bottom and take the nuts off of the core bolts. now the core lifts right out. the whole job jakes 30-45 minutes.

PetesPonies · #3 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 06:54 PM

not the condenser core, the evaporator . Any experience with this?

rebocardo · #4 (**permalink**) 05-09-2008, 11:23 PM

I am answering this because there has not been a reply yet.

I have a 1990 I have not worked on yet, but, if it is anything like the earlier ones (like my 1988) it is all on the firewall side. BUT, the covers have to be undone partly in the pass. compartment side. I think I had to remove the heater core box.

Been a few years since I worked on one, I sort of remember the biggest hassle was removing the staples holding both cover halves together without destroying them.