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Well I wanted to get rid of the box at the firewall after removing my A/C. In order to successfully do that without removing the engine, you have to remove the dash. So that is what I did. I fully removed the dash and all HVAC pieces. Upon removing the pieces that I "planned" on saving, they all busted every time I touched them due to being so brittle... kind of like the dash pad. So.. this is going to be a "RACE CAR" now, no heat or A/C and I'm providing a lot of pics through out the process of removing the dash, and everything related to it. Hope this helps anyone, because I couldn't find anything on it. I also have questions about what certain things are, so please check in from time to time.
Oh, and I'm going to need the delete plate, anyone feel like making one I could buy from them. BMR and UMI sells them for just under 100.00, forget that.
So here is the first pic. Obviously the dash has already been removed, I decided to start taking pics once i removed it sorry. Pretty easy to tell what needs to go though as far as bolts go.
So if I am not running any heat, then all the colorful little lines that go to the heat/ac controls can go correct??(the ones pointed at with orange arrows)
And does anyone know what the box is with the green arrow??? It's blown up in the 2nd pic.
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This is what you'll be looking at once you get the dash out of the way. The goal is to remove the black plastic box in the center, but everything I touched just broke.. So I ripped it all out!
There are a series of bolts surrounding the plastic housing. Make sure you get them all for ease of removal. The one on the bottom left of the housing screws from the engine side and is basically impossible to get to. Just have to break it off at that spot.
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Once you get the housing cover off, your heater core will be exposed and will look like this.
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Now go ahead and disconnect the lines from the heater core via the engine side, unbolt the little clamp that holds the two hoses together, two more screws that hold the core in place om the dash side, and it should come out. Once removed, you'll be left with this.
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Im going to update this more, I already have everything done, just need time to do the thread. Gotta take the lady out to dinner so I'll update it later. Peace.
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Oh, and I'm going to need the delete plate, anyone feel like making one I could buy from them. BMR and UMI sells them for just under 100.00, forget that.
So here is the first pic. Obviously the dash has already been removed, I decided to start taking pics once i removed it sorry. Pretty easy to tell what needs to go though as far as bolts go.
So if I am not running any heat, then all the colorful little lines that go to the heat/ac controls can go correct??(the ones pointed at with orange arrows)
And does anyone know what the box is with the green arrow??? It's blown up in the 2nd pic.
DSCN0953 (1024x768).jpgDSCN0954 (1024x768).jpg
This is what you'll be looking at once you get the dash out of the way. The goal is to remove the black plastic box in the center, but everything I touched just broke.. So I ripped it all out!
There are a series of bolts surrounding the plastic housing. Make sure you get them all for ease of removal. The one on the bottom left of the housing screws from the engine side and is basically impossible to get to. Just have to break it off at that spot.
DSCN0955 (1024x768).jpg
Once you get the housing cover off, your heater core will be exposed and will look like this.
DSCN0957 (1024x768).jpg
Now go ahead and disconnect the lines from the heater core via the engine side, unbolt the little clamp that holds the two hoses together, two more screws that hold the core in place om the dash side, and it should come out. Once removed, you'll be left with this.
DSCN0959 (1024x768).jpgDSCN0960 (1024x768).jpg
Im going to update this more, I already have everything done, just need time to do the thread. Gotta take the lady out to dinner so I'll update it later. Peace.
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All the bolts on my manifold 
but not for long!
These things need all the space they can get!
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