Heater Core Hell

[vince@performancecarstereo.com (Vince Royer)]

Nope. Sorry dude. No A/C.  I'm tellin you, it's horizontal. I had the whole
thing out about twelve times.

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Allyn
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:36 PM
To: vince@performancecarstereo.com; Scirocco List
Subject: Re: Heater Core Hell


the heater core should be vertical in an 82. only the evaporator is against
the
firewall... you didnt yank the eva... no, couldnt have. ...or you may have a
non-ac car. take some pictures for us, man.
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Royer" <vince@performancecarstereo.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 12:42 AM
Subject: Heater Core Hell


> Hey guys
>
> Help, I'm in hell.  My arms are all scratched up and I have coolant in my
> hair.  What have I done?
>
> Ok, so I've got an '82 with a 1.7L .   I decided to change my heater core
> because it started to stink. I read the tips around the net about cutting
it
> out instead of taking the whole dash apart, so I thought I'd give that a
> shot.  Once I got in there though, I realized it wasn't gonna work. It
> looked like it already was cut out. Didn't look like the pictures at all.
> My heater core is mounted horizontally with the exit hoses right up
against
> the firewall. So there's only an inch or less of hose sticking out of the
> firewall. With alot of wresting around, I finally got it out. I had to
take
> the gas pedal out, and pull down the entire heater box. Ok that was fun.
> While I was in there I diagnosed a broken fan. The pin melted into the
> harness on the fuse box. I then noticed another wire that was burning it's
> way through.  What's with this?  Is this common?  My fuse box is otherwise
> in really good shape, doesn't look like there's very much corrosion.
> Anyways... back to the heater core.
>
> I replaced all the foam tape all over the ducting and stuff, slid the new
> core in, and starting putting it back together. So I put it up, took it
> down, put it up... about 4 times and I still can't get it to line up
> perfectly with the holes in the wiper tray up front. I can never get it to
> line up enough to get all the different screws in. It's always a little
> crooked. what gives?
>
> To make matters worse, there's no way in hell I'll be able to get those
> coolant hoses back onto it. I can only grab a half inch of them, there's
no
> way to get any pull. All the pedals are in the way, it's a real pain in
the
> ass.
>
> What am I doing wrong here? I've already spent 4 hours on it and I'm not
> getting any further.  There must be some magic tool or something.
>
> Thanks
>
> Vince
>
>
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