How’s It Going Oppo?

"jeepoftheseus" (jeepoftheseus)
03/08/2020 at 18:26 • Filed to: None

New guy here, just saying hello and hoping that no one else spent today wondering why the new heater core that they installed six weeks ago failed. Cheers!

DISCUSSION (25)

MM54 > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 18:46

Hello!

Heater cores are just about the worst. If I did one and had to do it again six weeks later, I may just light the thing on fire for warmth...

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 18:50

Apt username is apt.

Brickman > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 18:55

Dash removals are not fun.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 18:56

Yikes! Pass on that

Bylan - Hoarder of LS400's > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 19:05

Welcome! Of all the repairs I have had to deal with, a heater core hasn’t been one. And I hope it never is because holy moly there is a lot of wiring behind my dash.

jeepoftheseus > MM54
03/08/2020 at 19:06

Practice makes perfect though. Starting to feel like a one man dash removal pit crew!

And congrats on driving the Chevelle today. That’s a huge accomplishment!

jeepoftheseus > Brickman
03/08/2020 at 19:08

The ability to take the doors off is huge. Still a five-ish hour job but I can’t imagine what a pain it must be removing the dash in any other car.

MM54 > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 19:09

Fair enough - I guess at least you know exactly how to do it now, and none of the bolts should be stuck!

Just Jeepin' > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 19:10

Pretty much everything I do, which admittedly isn’t much, I’m grateful I’m doing it to a TJ. Access is so much easier than nearly any other vehicle.

Heck, cleaning the inside of the windshield is awesome! Drop it and wipe.

DirtyDodge > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 19:19

When i had my first gen dodge durango, through practice i got the dash removal and air box out down to a personal best of 2 hours.

jeepoftheseus > Just Jeepin'
03/08/2020 at 19:29

The benefits of driving what is essentially a tractor with air bags!

The TJ is a very serviceable vehicle. M ine just seems to really love the whole “service” part of “serviceable vehicle”. To be fair though I think I am the seventh or eighth owner of this thing and I’ve learned a ton on it.

Brickman > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 19:30

I removed the dash in a 96 caravan to replace the evaporator coil. The dash is huge!

Kinja'd!!!

jeepoftheseus > DirtyDodge
03/08/2020 at 19:33

Now that is impressive. Nineties Chrysler dashes are not the most hardy things to work quickly on.

jeepoftheseus > Brickman
03/08/2020 at 19:36

The climate control assembly alone on that thing is massive!

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 19:49

Kinja'd!!!

Ok, though a bit pissed at fedex

Censored > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 20:26

Hopefully you’re putting back in a genuine Mopar unit. Otherwise you better get good at doing this.

Kinja'd!!!

I've been there, so I feel your pain.

jeepoftheseus > Censored
03/08/2020 at 20:47

From what I gather there are no more genuine Mopar heater cores for a ‘99. OEM was copper and all replacements are aluminum that are mixed bag as far as quality goes. This was a Spectra part .

The good news is that my original core was fine when I replaced it the other day as I was putting in the evap core and figured better safe than sorry since I was in there. Had the original pressure tested and it checked out so fingers crossed that it’s got another 20 years in it!

jeepoftheseus > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
03/08/2020 at 20:54

But now it’s like a bendy bus! In all seriousness though , that really sucks. H ow messed up are the contents?

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 21:02

It was an 8' led fixture, bulbs were fine in another box. sheet metal tube box section was bent. I could have bent it back, but I wasn’t about to start messing with it only to find the lights not line up. So back to the store

Censored > jeepoftheseus
03/08/2020 at 21:15

Well that stinks, mine is an 03, so it has the revised heater box.