FAT265

The heater core was leaking even since i got the car in 1987 and i had just removed and blocked off the water to the core since then. If you had read my plenum removal blog you will see i wanted / ended up removing the heater.

Well after fighting with trying to get it out it looks like the little spring clippy things had to be removed that allowed the box to come in 1/2 this way the front cover can be removed making the box narrower so that i could pull it forward then down to take the rest of the back 1/2 out of the car..

Its out and I can see more RUST !!!!! well lucky i did remove it as if i did to the cut and re weld of the new metal i would of missed out on the worst bit and also the the underlas sound deadening most likely would of caught fire when i was welding..

Now as it stands I have a bit hole i mean space where the heater used to be alone with some really itchy hands from the dreaded fiberglass backed cardboard sound deadening stuff that chrysler used from new..

NExt up i got to start to drill out the spot welds in the donar firewall and determine the best way and largest section i want to cut out to make this repair the easiest/best and neatest repair.. Im sure I can get it welded ( sean will do this for me efi100 as he has the mig and the experience well more then me anyway and i got enuf metal on the other bits i got ( not my charger ) before we tackle my car.

House renovations are taking up most weekends so the updates will be slow.

Until next blog