heater core replacment
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i put one in my truck last winter and man is it a pain when u pull ur dash apart there are screws or bolts and nuts that will be holding the air ducts onto the dash structure that will be fun to say the least to get out... once i got the old one out and new core started in i ran into a problem with the hard lines on the core so i cut the lines off the core and ran heater hose through the firewall and works well now plus much easier than fightn the hard lines that dont cooperate 100% i have some pics but cant find them
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24vcumminscowboy (10-24-2010)
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You take the whole dash out in one piece not tear it apart. Do yourself a favor, go to the local Autozone or whatever you have there and buy the Haynes service manual for your truck it's only around 20 bucks. It has a good writeup and pics for the job, it's a time consuming job but not that bad. I will also suggest that you go to Dodge and get the 4 plastic inserts that clip into the steel firewall and your top dash screws go into them. Mine fell apart when removed and I remember another thread where someone else had the same problem, of course my local dealer didn't have them so it tied my truck up for a day. You might also want to do the ac evaporator core while in there if you like ac, they go bad also and it might save you from doing the dash twice.
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i put one in my truck last winter and man is it a pain when u pull ur dash apart there are screws or bolts and nuts that will be holding the air ducts onto the dash structure that will be fun to say the least to get out... once i got the old one out and new core started in i ran into a problem with the hard lines on the core so i cut the lines off the core and ran heater hose through the firewall and works well now plus much easier than fightn the hard lines that dont cooperate 100% i have some pics but cant find them
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24vcumminscowboy (10-24-2010)
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i was thinking about that but i just dont have the money right now and i need to replace my dash so when i get the money in the future ill replace the dash and that at the same time thanks for the help
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heater core suggestions
24CumminsCowboy,
I can't remember where I found it, but I ran across a thread one time when I was about to change my heater core too. When I did mine, I used a strap and ran it around the dash on the passenger side and tightened the strap to hold the dash after I removed the bolts. I know I had to lower the steering wheel, remove all dash bolts but the dash did not come out of the truck, merely pulled back enough to get to the core and it was a tight fit, but it worked. Check out this
oudive
I can't remember where I found it, but I ran across a thread one time when I was about to change my heater core too. When I did mine, I used a strap and ran it around the dash on the passenger side and tightened the strap to hold the dash after I removed the bolts. I know I had to lower the steering wheel, remove all dash bolts but the dash did not come out of the truck, merely pulled back enough to get to the core and it was a tight fit, but it worked. Check out this
oudive
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24vcumminscowboy (10-25-2010)
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