Short cut to the heater core
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Short cut to the heater core
I'm sure that there has to be a reason why nobody has done this but would it be possible to cut a hole through the firewall to get to the heater core as opposed to ripping out the entire dashboard? I'm handy with a wrench and I'm a professional metal fabricator so I have everything I could need to do the job. Thanks in advance.
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I'm sure that there has to be a reason why nobody has done this but would it be possible to cut a hole through the firewall to get to the heater core as opposed to ripping out the entire dashboard? I'm handy with a wrench and I'm a professional metal fabricator so I have everything I could need to do the job. Thanks in advance.
Not possible.
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Jeep would be hacked to pieces. Core is not directly behind where hoses enter. Engine needs to come out, cut huge hole in firewall, then cut open airbox, also deal with AC core. IDK
The upper and lower dash comes out in large pieces, almost there.
The upper and lower dash comes out in large pieces, almost there.
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It is feasible that we could send someone to Mars right now, but it is not possible that the trip would be too long with no possibility of return.
If you do cut holes in the firewall, you then need to then cut more holes in the HVAC box, and SOMEHOW shimmy the heater core out. Feasible because in theory anything can be done given enough time and stupidity, but not possible because the heater core is sandwiched inside the HVAC box.
See this thread if you want some better ideas;
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/pos...sights-215349/
If I were to do it again, it should only take me 6 hours including a lunch break.
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Early years are pc o cake....http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthrea...%20replacement
I'm a ninty-niner. Whoda thunk it would be that easy.
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Don't be stupid. Do it how it is supposed to be done.
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