Notn2bars

Tommy, thank you for the kind note.  We received our core just a few minutes ago, it looks like a quality product.  The cores are made by Texas Coil in FT. Worth, Texas.  They pressure test every core they make.  Could only find 2 vendors online, and the other vendor wanted $245.00 plus shipping for the same core.  Acme sent mine for $225.00 total. Very pleased with the core and the service.  God Bless and good luck on your project.  Ed & Sylvia

Well, the saga continues.  Yes it is possible to remove the heater core without disconnecting lines from the evaporator core.  It's not a walk in the park, but it's not rocket science either. Not a lot of room to work, the space from the firewall to the center of the cap measures 11 inches.  Probably could have been done with as little as 9 inches. The 1st pic is looking down through cut made in the dash.  The hole to the fan is visible. The 2nd pic is a view looking up toward the cut in the dash.  The 3rd pic is a pic of all the zip ties and cable attachments that I had to cut.  Also had to detach all the hose ties that were screwed to the firewall.  4th pic is a shot of the wires and hoses after all the ties were remove. By doing this I was able to grab the core assembly and flip it over from left to right and pull it out of the generator compartment.  Not a lot of room, but was possible. 5th pic show the assembly out and sitting on top of the generator.  There were 4 nuts that held the assembly together.  Removed the 4 nuts and pried the assembly apart with a putty knife.  See 6th pic. After prying the assembly apart, you have access to the heater core and the evaporator core.  See 7th pic.  Nothing holds either core in place except the shape of the housing.  See 8th pic. The 9th pic shows the heater core out. I rigged up a couple of hoses, one with an air fitting and one with a plug.  See 10th pic. Put some air to it and it basically blew apart.  Had many leaks.  I'm glad this happened, as all the foam used in the installation and for vent filters has turned to dust.  See Pic 11. The original foam over the vents is completely gone.  Therefore will pull the fan and clean it out.  Took about 3 hours this morning to get this far.  Now need to find a replacement heater core.  Thank the Lord we didn't have to disconnect the a/c lines.   God Bless, Ed & Sylvia