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11-20-2006, 11:45 AM
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Fidget Lover
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: P-town, New Jersey
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I think my heater core is dead...
Symptoms:
-No Heat
-Nice little coolant puddle on passenger side front carpet...
so...how hard is this to change???
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97 Z28- slightly modded....Back and Badder than ever!
90 Chrysler New Yorker 5th Avenue...Out of my driveway but still in my heart...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubba428
just for the record...whos falus is lodged in your sfincter
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11-20-2006, 12:04 PM
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Co-Founder / Site Admin
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ewing, NJ
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I haven't done one in a 4th gen before, but I've never done one that I would classify as "easy". They are generally a pain to change.
- Justin
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1999 Camry - Beigemobile DD
2002 Suburban - Wife's DD
2004 Grand Cherokee - Not running / Project / Selling?
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11-20-2006, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
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I know my mechanic friend spent several hours doing on on my brother's old 3rd Gen Camaro; I'm sure the 4th gen is no better.
Thankfully the one on my Monte is accessible from the outside, and only takes ~1 hour to change. 
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Steve R. in North Jersey
'16 Go-Mango Dodge Charger R/T. It's so good to be back in a V8-powered, RWD car!
Former Toy - '88 Monte SS - had lots of mods...
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11-20-2006, 07:56 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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Never did a 4th gen, but a 3rd gen is a cake walk compared to a 2nd gen.
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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11-20-2006, 09:54 PM
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10 Second Club; Has fan club
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Delmont nj
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did a 3rd gen, its kind of a PITA, but not impossible.
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01' Z06 62k miles. Vararam, Longtubes, off road xpipe, tuned by me. Times TBA
2001 Corvette, Bolt ons , tuned 10.75@124.56 mph 1.38 60' Sold
1997 Saturn Sc1 5spd DOHC swapped
Bolt ons, decked head, stock intake cam on exhaust side, lotsa weight redux
13.22@102.32 mph 1.93 60'
12's on moda? One day
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12-04-2006, 11:13 AM
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Hippy Mod, Bergermeister Meisterberger, Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ewing
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Have you tried to backflush the core yet? My old 93 would need to be backflushed every year as we got to winter. The Dexcool crap will buildup in the pipes with all the 90 degree bends and eventually slow the flow through the heater core. I used to drain the radiator, disconnect the hoses at the water pump and engine and hook the garden hose up to blow the crap out. You could see all the buildup come back out and I'd be good for a year. The 93's had the worst heater hose routing of all the 4th gens though. The fact that you have a wet carpet is not a good sign though. It still might be worth the backflush first.
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69 Z28 JL8 4 wheel disc brakes - being restored
09 Silverado Z71
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12-04-2006, 02:25 PM
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Admin.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Hamilton, NJ
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Wet floor is very bad. Smell out of vents? Any filmy buildup on the windshield yet?
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Vent Windows Forever!
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand. Or so I have read.
Feather-light suspension, Konis just couldn't hold. I'm so glad I took a look inside your showroom doors.
Hey everybody, it's good to have you on the Baba-too-da-ba-too-ba-ba-buh-doo-ga-ga-bop-a-dop
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12-04-2006, 10:17 PM
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Resident Camera Guy
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Jersey
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The heater core is inside the dashboard if I remember correctly. I could have sworn James did it on his firebird.
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12-06-2006, 12:38 PM
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Fidget Lover
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: P-town, New Jersey
Posts: 1,890
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BonzoHansen
Wet floor is very bad. Smell out of vents? Any filmy buildup on the windshield yet?
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yes to all that...but right now i might be getting a beater and it hasn't been unberable yet so im no rush to do it...
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-BaRb-
97 Z28- slightly modded....Back and Badder than ever!
90 Chrysler New Yorker 5th Avenue...Out of my driveway but still in my heart...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tru2Chevy
Barb = fist pump extraordinaire
- Justin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bubba428
just for the record...whos falus is lodged in your sfincter
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12-18-2006, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 82
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On the fourth gen it is accessable behind the glove box. The hard part is getting the hoses off and on. It took about an hor and a half on my 96 Z28.I can try to post the proceedure from Mitchell if you need it.
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