what a piece of *hit!!!!!!!!!!

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k9t8m

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I am so *ucking pissed right now.


Im pretty sure I broke every single usable piece of the dash, broke the drivers seat switch bezel, broke the passenger window buttons, somehow broke the windshield, broke the shift selector applique, scratched the :q:q:q:q out of my newly refinished steering wheel, cratched almost every piece of the interior, got grease stains all over the seats, and there is blood all over everything from my hands.

Im so so :q:q:q:qing close to selling this car its not even funny. Im :q:q:q:qing tired of having a car I have to work on all the time.

I dont know why on earth I thought I could tackle a job as big as the heater core. I will NEVER EVER do one again.

I dont care how much someone charges to do the heater core, its worth every single penny!
 
Sucks to hear man. I'm glad I'm finding out from you rather than find out on my own how hard it is because I'm betting any money I would have at some point pulled out my "dead on" hammer and went to town ;)

My advise....have a few drinks, and play some call of duty to take out your aggression...
 
ripped camel said:
Sucks to hear man. I'm glad I'm finding out from you rather than find out on my own how hard it is because I'm betting any money I would have at some point pulled out my "dead on" hammer and went to town ;)

My advise....have a few drinks, and play some call of duty to take out your aggression...
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man am i glad this guy has a sense of humor. take it from him dont pull a ripped cammel hammer. find a quiet place and chill:)
 
Ummm... really? I thought you were pretty mechanically inclined man. I did a BDA on my 97 a few years ago, actually thought it was pretty easy? You pullin our chain?
 
Though I did crack a windshield on my VII doing the core once. I left a screwdriver up top and pushed up on the dash, didn't take much pressure and pop, instant star! Good thing for comp insurance ;)
 
DieselDan said:
Ummm... really? I thought you were pretty mechanically inclined man. I did a BDA on my 97 a few years ago, actually thought it was pretty easy? You pullin our chain?
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no im serious. This was on the CE. doing the BDA doesnt require pulling the dash. I coudnt get the heater core all the way out without nearly removing the entire dash assy, which is basically junk now kuz so much chit broke. I guess ill put everything back together this weekend and see how much of the damage is actually visible.
 
thats hard to hear k9.....hope it works out in your favor...if mine ever goes i'm going to bypass it and rock the heated seats. not worth the f'n hassle..
 
Well, yes the BDA didnt require full removal of the dash, but I assumed there wasnt much more work between a BDA and a heater core. Sorry it sucked so bad man... I had the dash laying on the front seats and I sat between the dash and the firewall to replace the BDA
 
wow I hope mine never eats chit.

Sucks......


You should have gave it back to the GF :)
 
i can vouch for chris the heater is core is way more involved then the blend door, you know how i do heater cores if my own ever fail, i run a hose from one heater core pipe to the other on the back of the pass head, no heater core at all!! florida no heat needed ftw!
 
I did a heater core on my old 87 LSC years ago and I have an extremely short temper. Well, did anyway back then. Take a break from it and go back at it when you're in the right frame of mind. I know how frustrating that job is so I hope it all works out for you in the end.
 
well i got the heater core out late last night, tonight i got the new one in, the BDA put back on, and the hoses hooked back up at the firewall. I decided to quit while I was ahead and worry about putting the dash back in tomorrow.
 
I'm willing to trade anyones heater core swap for my heater core hose swap, any takers?
 
well this job sux once again. It is physically impossible for one person to put the dash back in by themselves. so no i sit and wait for hours for help. this blows
 
k9t8m said:
well this job sux once again. It is physically impossible for one person to put the dash back in by themselves. so no i sit and wait for hours for help. this blows
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I could only imagine what you're going through pulling the dash out and trying to put it back in by yourself. This is the main reason I didn't do a complete interior swap over to black, because of the dash. Another set of hands would help out a lot. Like you, I can't count on someone to be here and help. I hope you get it back in today and get the nightmare over with.
 
Well i just finished. After I got someone to help me with the dash it went back together relatively smoothly. (3 hours later). On to the LSC and the vert.
 
Glad to hear it all went well. When we did my friends T-Bird we used an ATV jack to help with the dash.
 
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