Hah! Once was enough for me! I did this job in Georgia, two
states ago, but only about one year ago. And I have the scars to prove
it. I tried everything already mentioned: through the passenger vent, with
the cable installed, etc., but not the grinding trick--that's pretty
clever. It was the obvious method that eventually worked. I had
the cable off at the dash and at the heater box. I got the box halfway in
and cocked sideways with the cable halfway through the little hole, and managed
to get a tiny 5/16" wrench on the cable clamp bolt while holding the cable in
place with needlenose pliers. I tightened the cable bolt with another tiny
wrench (1/4"?) and then pushed the box the rest of the way in and the cable the
rest of the way through the hole. Voila! I had a new heater
core, a new fan motor, a powder-coated heater box, and it only took me
about a week to be able to flex my fingers and turn my head again.
Denise
----- Original Message -----
From: Michelle
Nadeau
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Sent: 6/24/01 8:45:22 PM
Subject: Re: heater removal
If you do get the heater box out, good luck, when and if you get it back
in
be very careful hooking up that cable on the flap. Take your time with
it.
Don't do what I did and break the tab off of the flap. I still haven't got
a
cure for it, but I do know one thing, that heater box ain't never
coming
out. Not by me. No sir, no way, no how. And if the heater core goes I'll
get
Denise to do it :) or at least tell me how and what size sledge hammer
I
need to get it back in!
Mike Nadeau
--- Denise Thorpe
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