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MARKMITH
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2005
11:52:36
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I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW HEATERCORE AND CAN'T GET THE PIECE OF $HIT IN THERE...? HOW MANY THINGS DO I HAVE TO TAKE OFF UNDER THE DASH...? I TOOK OF THE GLOVE BOX AND STILL CAN'T EVEN SEE IT... BY THE WAY, IT'S ON A 92 DAK. W/ A 3.9 LITER IF THAT EVEN MATTERS... HELP ME PLEASE! I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT CHANGING THIS THING BUT, SOMEONE SAID TO FOLLOW THE HOSES, THEY GO RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE FIREWALL...
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spt
Dodge Dakota
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3/01/2005
14:36:06
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You almost have to take the whole dash off, once that is done you will see where the heater core is. If you have ac make sure you mark the hoses. Do it when you have a whole day, its not that hard but does take time.
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jake
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2005
00:04:48
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dunno if this will help you any, but on a 93 ford ranger, I know for a fact that the only thing holding the heater-core in is the hoses on the firewall. With that project, I just popped the bottom cover off the heater-core on the interior and pulled the hoses apart from it on the firewall. Another thing is, if the hoses are too tight and don't wanna come off, I crimped the tubing inside the hoses with some pliers (since the old core was bad anyway) and they slipped right off. I pulled the ranger apart too and realized I only had to take off the hoses. Hope that helped ya. (yes I realize a dakota might be alot different.)
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jason s
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2005
03:11:24
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if it is like my 97 dakota, you have to remove the entire dashboard AND disconnect the a/c lines from the evaporator before you can remove the airbox. Once the heater hoses and a/c lines are disconnected, then you can pull the airbox apart and replace the heater core. Plan on having a second vehicle available for accidents: I went back to 3 different partshouses to swap my 'new' core for another because only 1 of the 4 I took home had the mounting tabs welded/soldered onto the heater tubes at the correct angle [the other 3 wouldn't fit]. It is a PAIN in the but, and took me 2 days due to the running around, but that was only about 4 hours the first day and 6 the next. Good Luck!
P.S., if you are already cracking the system open, you may want to check and replace the A/C evaporator core if needed, since you probably don't want to go through this again any time soon.
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MARKMITH
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2005
11:53:27
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THANKS FOR THE INFO GUYS... I TOOK APART THE DASH AND AM STILL TRYING TO GET IT OUT... IT IS A PAIN...
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dakboi
Dodge Dakota
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3/02/2005
15:35:14
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just buy the haynes book tells you everthing its a hard job but save your coin from the garage
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