No more GM cars for me.

[Rev. Millertime]

There was a time where you pulled the two hoses...

removed a small cover...

and the core was right there.

Good thing we made progress.

Sounds like the procedure for my '06 Volvo.

[Howie]

Sounds like the procedure for my '06 Volvo.

But everyone knows it costs a fortune to fix them furrin cars

[Rev. Millertime]

But everyone knows it costs a fortune to fix them furrin cars

That's an urban legend!

[GAAN]

Buy a jacket

[Rameses]

My '99 Cherokee had to have the front seats, center console, steering column, dash, AC lines disconnected and heater box removed to do the same job. I was not pleased.

Things are a little different in my Jeep.

You can almost see the heater core from the passenger's seat of a '48 CJ-2A.

[Grampa]

In the future.... global warming will make heater cores obsolete

- A Gore


*BTW...you are all welcome for that whole internet thing I invented.

[Speedbag]

In the future.... global warming will make heater cores obsolete

- A Gore

Yeah....it's a whopping 38 degrees here today....and raining. 

[Grampa]

Yeah....it's a whopping 38 degrees here today....and raining. 

its acid rain due to the decrease in spotted owl poo.

everybody knows acid is heat based.

acid= heat=warming.... poof  global warming even when its cold.

[MendoDave]

Well after spending several hours taking it apart and changing the core, it's almost back together and I only broke three switches in the process. Glove box light, driver door light switch, and rear wiper/sprayer switch.

I did get the opportunity to change the buried turn signal flashers and change the bulbs in the insturment cluster. 

[rgramjet]

How many screws did you have left over?

[MendoDave]

I'm not sure yet but I'm going to have a few that's for sure.

[the_Journeyman]

It's not just GM.  My Ford Taurus requires pretty much the same procedure.

JM

[ZLTFUL]

I've owned 2 Cadillac Seville STSes...30 minute job to change the heater core. As was the 92 Sedan Deville I owned in HS.
2001 Bonneville SSEi...dash removal required.
Not to mention that the drain for the ac/heater box in the Bonneville is a hard plastic line that drains between the subfloor and the bottom of the car not to the outside...only way to unplug it according to GM...heater box removal. I miss the days of the rubber drain nipple you pinched to fix the problem.

[Ratfink749]

And this is why we the dealer charge a premium.  We'll do it right, but God knows that none of us really want to do it in the first place! I've done them in Dodge Caravan's, Dakota's, Ram's, S-series trucks, Cadillacs, El Camino's and a few others.. and I'd say 90% do require massive interior dash removal in order to accomplish the replacement.  Next time dont brake your heater core.   

[psycledelic]

I haven't had to take the dash off my Monster yet.  Should be easier