Heater core
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The shop up here at shady mechanic world said 500 bucks, so I said no way I'm doing it myself. I did it at -25 degrees and I would never ever ever ever ever ever ever do that again. It was such a pain in the arse. I have an 83. There is just not a lot of room down there to work and your standing sort of, upside down in a back injury sort of position the whole time. I did not enjoy it one bit and would pay if I had to do it again. But don't let me discourage you. I'm sure the next post will say it was super easy and they don't know what dizzidave is talking about.
You basically have to take apart much of your dash, and disconnect various things that are hard to get to. Make sure you have all sorts of funky screwdrivers that bend. Hopefully your girlfriend has small hands so she can help. Good luck.
Make sure you try back flushing the core first. Much easier.
You basically have to take apart much of your dash, and disconnect various things that are hard to get to. Make sure you have all sorts of funky screwdrivers that bend. Hopefully your girlfriend has small hands so she can help. Good luck.
Make sure you try back flushing the core first. Much easier.
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I haven't done it, but I would suggest taking pics at various stages of disassembly so you can check for reference when you put it back together.... also you can do a write up for us here! 
With pics!
With pics!
You should just sell the truck. Really, it's that bad.
Or, pull the engine, sawzall a hole in the firewall, and pull it out that way.
I have parted out several trucks of this vintage, and every time I get it down to the heater, I wonder WTF they were thinking...
Good luck.
Or, pull the engine, sawzall a hole in the firewall, and pull it out that way.
I have parted out several trucks of this vintage, and every time I get it down to the heater, I wonder WTF they were thinking...
Good luck.
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Wow, that's some strong language there.... I hope kids aren't reading this...... Hehe
Well the truck... dang!
HeheWell the truck... dang!
If you throw wrenches and discuss the ancestry of toyota engineers very often then maybe this project is over your frustration threshold. If you are cool like Fonzie then it will only seem time consuming. Pull the seats out and get comfortable, because you are gonna be in there for a while.