Re: [Chrysler300] heater core removal question

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In a message dated 6/12/2005 5:14:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
js23rob@xxxxxxx writes:

> 
> There is a bracket rod that runs from the top part of the heater box to
> the bottom of the dash to the left of the glove box area, that is what
> they mean. Remove your glove box guts as well to gain better access to
> the box. All of your vent tubes should be disconnected and removed as
> well. The heater core can be removed from the car without taking the
> whole box assembly out of the machine but it will mean spending a bit of
> time on your back under the dash. Remove the front seats for more room
> and then you can take the carpets out to clean them at the same time.
> removing the ashtray assembly and radio help give more room as well. You
> can clean carpets with a good cleaner and a hose, then hang them over a
> pole or something to dry. Out here in California they would dry in a
> day, may take some time longer though in a wetter climate.  Kind of a
> crappy job but not the end of the world to do.
> Lee in San Diego
> 66 300, 482cid, 4sp car.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jonathan Sacks
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 11:17 AM
> To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Chrysler300] heater core removal question
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I'm in the process of my first heater core removal on my 66 non-letter
> 300 (413, no AC), and I had a rather basic question. 
> 
> I have the old shop manual and have found it more than satisfactory for
> most repairs I've had to make in the 10 years or so I've had the car.
> But for this one I'm a little confused. Under the heater removal
> section, instruction 3 reads: 
> 
> "From under instrument panel remove bracket from top of heater to dash
> panel."
> 
> Does that mean I have to pull off the instrument panel/dash board? And
> if so, does anyone have any idea where to start with that?
> 
> And if not, is there some trick I'm missing here. I can't see how you'd
> get to the bracket at the top of the heater without pulling off the
> dash. 
> 
> ...and oh, if anyone has any good ideas about how to get the coolant out
> of my carpets (and the 40 year-old stuffing underneath), I'd be more
> than obligded. 
> 
> As always, thanks a million for the help. Without you guys, I couldn't
> have kept her running all these years.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
> 
>     
> 

Hi Jonathan and Lee:
As to exactly how to remove a 1966 heater core, I will defer to Lee who has 
obviously done the job.  However, the terminology in the manual seems quite 
specific, and so I would suspect there must be a bracket from the top of the core 
to what some would term the "firewall" (inside of car).  In my years at 
Chrysler Engineering, the term firewall was never used for anything.  The metal 
structure that separates the inside of the car from the engine compartment is 
properly called the DASHPANEL in Chrysler Corp. cars.  Similarly, the panel 
housing the instruments, radio, glovebox, etc, is the INSTRUMENT PANEL, never a 
"dashpanel".  I know----semantics, but in this case it may have some relevance.  
Plus, it is kind of good to refer to Chrysler components the way Chrysler did, 
isn't it?
300ly, Gil Cunningham


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