Heater core question
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commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Labor rate varies From Pablo's Auto Repair & Tacos at $30.00/hr. to a car dealer's shop at $130.00/hr.
Labor itself will be a minimum of 8 hrs if done correctly.
YMMV
While you're in there it's stupid to not also deal with the evaporater also.
More $$.
Welcome to C-bodies
Labor itself will be a minimum of 8 hrs if done correctly.
YMMV
While you're in there it's stupid to not also deal with the evaporater also.
More $$.
Welcome to C-bodies
traintech55
Senior Member
I agree with Stan. You have to disconnect the A/C lines to get the case out. If your A/C is working it is not to bad of a job, but sure as hell, you replace the heater core, the evaporator, will go south and you will have to do the whole job over again.
And this job is an even bigger PIA if the car has ATC/ATCII and miles of vacuum hoses to deal with.
Dave
Dave
carrman
Senior Member
How much of a job for a '68 Newport w/o air?
That one is not all that bad, mostly because you are dealing with a smaller air box and just the heater core instead of all the A/C items.
Dave
Yeahrightgreer
Senior Member
$30.00/hr labor rate? Lolol Must be nice living down south
C Body vs. B Body, but I put a new core into my Buddy's '68 GTX Hemi. Took me about two hours. Box was only held in by three nuts, very similar to the '70 Challenger I had.
The hard part will be finding a core!
AC Global is remaking the dual heater core so it will properly fit due to the excess 1/4" that the current one has. They also said they would make it out of copper instead of aluminum if requested. More to come soon.
Wyatt and Tim are working together to send them a complete used heater core assembly to check the fit of their revised heater core to be sure it will fit. We already know their evaporater fits properly. They are exceptional to work with it seems thus far.
Wyatt and Tim are working together to send them a complete used heater core assembly to check the fit of their revised heater core to be sure it will fit. We already know their evaporater fits properly. They are exceptional to work with it seems thus far.
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I agree on the labor time with Stan.
Has anyone ever had an evaporator actually fail? I haven't, so I was just wondering? It still might be a good idea to replace it, but I was just wondering whether this is at all likely or not?
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traintech55
Senior Member
Yes, I had one fail in my 2000 Ram pickup. Evaporator, and Heater Core, cost me $1,100.00 for everything.
They were usually are not prone to failure unless the vehicle was poorly stored at some point and critters built nests in the heater box. Mouse and other rodent piss is highly corrosive and eats up the relatively soft metal in the evaporator. Given how big a job it is to change one of these, I would tend to agree that it is a good idea to replace both the evaporator and the heater cores at the same time. If the A/C has been left open to the elements, there is likely to be hidden corrosion inside of it along with the degraded and jellied refrigerant oil.
Dave
YellowBird
New Member
You get to solving this problem?
I am in the same boat with what I suspect is a leaking heatercore on my 65 Chrysler 300 AC car, so would need a dual core to replace (even though my AC system died long ago). Not sure about doing the evaporator as the AC isn't working anyways?
If you ever plan to repair the A/C system, this would be a good time to at least inspect and pressure check the evaporator core. If the system has been left open with the hoses disconnected, the A/C evaporator may be junk. If you plan to leave the system disconnected, there is no reason to replace the evaporator. Read the attached file from the FSM before taking anything apart. You can down load the FSM for free at www.mymopar.com. Go to the Tools/Reference section of the website and down load the appropriate file.
Dave
Click on Mail PDF, not the icon.
YellowBird
New Member
No plans to repair the AC system, it's been open for years. The AC Compressor/Clutch **** the bed years ago, seizing up preventing the engine from running (as I couldn't easily bypass it). So it was gutted and is essentially just a pulley now.
I do have the FSM, thanks for that section/link. Not sure I have the flexibility to get under the dash for this job.
Wonder if anyone has a Portland OR shop they'd recommend for this work. Would love to have it repaired or reconditioned over buying new.
Snapped a photo of the leak.
Mac's Radiator on Foster Road, but I do not know if they will pull the core, I know that they repair radiators etc.
Dave
Dave
YellowBird
New Member
Worth giving them a call, thanks for the contact.
Also realized my heater control valve is also not hooked up at all, coolant lines are missing to/from. Maybe due to the AC system being out of commission?
YellowBird
New Member
Notice since my AC is not running the lines to the Heater Control Valve were removed too... at least I am assuming that's why the lines are missing.
Should those be replaced when the heater core work is done? I am not planing on making the AC work again though.
Should those be replaced when the heater core work is done? I am not planing on making the AC work again though.
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