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[wes]

It all looked so simple when I started

[rhysTJ]

what are you doing wes??? :O

[wes]

Originally Posted by rhysTJ

what are you doing wes??? :O

Apart from destroying my Jeep?

Trying to get the dash off to replace the heater core.
I'm well on the way, but sheeeeesh, what a mission.

[rhysTJ]

Originally Posted by wes

Apart from destroying my Jeep?

Trying to get the dash off to replace the heater core.
I'm well on the way, but sheeeeesh, what a mission.

haha i hope you have a good memory there's alot of parts to come off ahah XD

be good when it's done but

[wes]

Originally Posted by rhysTJ

haha i hope you have a good memory there's alot of parts to come off ahah XD

You're not wrong - I've got crap everywhere - labelled most things and have bags of nuts/screws/bolts tagged as well.
It's only gonna get worse tomorrow - but hopefully I'll have the heater box out by then.

Originally Posted by rhysTJ

be good when it's done but

Yeah, haven't had a heater/aircon for 6 months.

[Tassie Jeeper]

Originally Posted by wes

haven't had a heater/aircon for 6 months.

me either but looking at that i think if it came down to it id pay someone else to do it.

my problem isnt as bad my fuse box caught on fire i have been quoted $100 to get it fixed just cant afford it atm was so cold in winter when it was 0c to 5c at day and anything up to -10c at night.

good on ya though for getting in there and tearin it down id be a bit scared myself

[wes]

Finished pulling it apart today.



Finally got the heater box out.



This is the heater box with the top off.
The silver thing in the middle is the AC condenser.
Heater core is obscured on the right.



This is the AC condenser as I pulled it out of the heater box.
Spewin I didn't get a pic while it was still in the box - the amount of junk in there was unbelievable.



I'm going to silicon some fly wire over the air intake under the cowl.

Every time I use my aircon, the passenger footwell floods.
The AC drain in the engine bay always leaked water like it was supposed to but it looks like a lot of water off the condensor doesn't make it to the drain because it has to get over all this junk.
The white foam base the condenser sits in has little channels so the water can run down to the drain - more than half of the little channels were blocked.

No amount of poking a bit of wire up the drain hole in the engine bay was going to clear this.

New heater core/Old heater core



I'll look into getting the old heater core reconditioned -who knows if I'll find a RHD heater core next time I need one?
If it's not practical or too expensive, I'll give it a miss.

Tommorrow I've got to put it all back together - that should be fun