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Wanna do mine? I've still got the heater core and blower in there.
I only have enough OCDness to do one Getting all that foam off the wires and re-taping them and re-routing anything non-essential made a huge difference.
If I knew anything about EE I'd have started cutting, but then I'd probably open Pandora's box of electrical gremlins.
The HVAC box and dash are very heavy... I had cut much off of the dash earlier in my build and had the heater core and evap unit out of the HVAC box... I had it in place as a blower motor only. Even with the trimming they were still heavy taking them out.
HVAC is a serious PITA. Sawzall, cut-off wheel, and BFH only make it possible, not easy.
I didn't have to cut or beat anything. For once I read the service manual before I tackled something. It instructs you to remove the blower fan from the assembly first. It's 3 screws and 2 electrical connectors. once that's removed the entire HVAC assembly pulls out... assuming you've already unhooked the AC/coolant lines in the engine bay and removed the 2 bay-side 10mm nuts. All much easier w/ the intake manifold off.
Well I cut up the dash earlier in the build so no on that, I cut open the HVAC box to remove the heater core and evap core, so no on that too. The dual zone climate control works perfectly so that has some value
04-06-2011, 02:09 PM
Getting all that foam off the wires and re-taping them and re-routing anything non-essential made a huge difference.
After you do his you can start on mine!
Still not ready to make that move yet. JD
