Originally Posted by coford

so i took my truck to a local auto hobby shop (it's only open for 8 hours a day). i got in there and started talking to the master mechanic about what iam having to do. he strait "recommended" to me that i should now take on this task, that i should just count my losses and take it to a professional. he even told me he would never do another heater core replacement again. so i left, parked my truck in a very good friends drive way and started to rip the dash apart. smooth going at first, you know 700* bolts per plastic piece lol. after about 8-9 hours, and nearly a whole pack of smokes, i have the dash completely off. there was nothing left in but my steering wheel. getting the top off of the heater core housing unit was another core all in it's own. to skip ahead a bit i pulled the old heater core out, put the new one in, hook up the hoses out side, and put the lid back on. i have half the dash back on now and then it started to snow. called it quits for night. 2 days in and i have half of a dash lol