Rear heater delete……No more T’s !! (1 Viewer)

[FJFOOL]

Did the T’s a year ago, but lately was questioning the rest of the system. I thought, heck I never used the rear heater in western Wa and I sure don’t now in southern NM. I ended up replacing 2 hoses and Bam, it’s done ! If you’re interested I ended up getting the hoses from Capo Valley Toyota, they beat the hell out of my local dealer. 949-373-9600, talk to Ruben for a Mud discount. Their catalog says they won’t fit my ‘98 but they are what you want. I see it as piece of mind.

 

[FJFOOL]

A very easy job, I drained coolant then removed the hoses at the firewall. Then removed the hoses going down to the metal tubes going to the rear heater then removed the other hoses at the two engine connections. you get all the hoses (6) and the T's in two pieces that way, not that that matters. The only parts you need are the two hoses I posted above with the part numbers. Install them, install the drained coolant and you're good to go ! I'm going to install rubber caps on the tubes that go to the heater just because. Old hoses and T's are in my truck spares bin in case someone needs them for a trail fix.

 

[newbielx470]

Thanks for the great idea! Btw, is this process fully revertible in case if we need to make the rear heater functional again?

 

[jerryb]

if you did nothing but remove the tees? yes.
if you removed the blower assembly under the driver's seat with tubing elbow removal, no.
seat pan is 16X10X5.5 inches = usable space for equipment.
pass throughs are perfect for wire, and there's one drain plug to the rear middle of the floor pan.

 

[2001LC]

It is reversible. But it's best if rear heater core cleaned with distilled water, blown out, dried and capped.

 

[kevgentile]

Thanks for posting this up. Ordering the hoses as well. Had to pull out the entire lower half of the interior to begin cleaning the mess left behind by the previous owner. Decided to delete the rear heater assembly.
Also looking for the correct part numbers for the 2 refrigerant lines up front to do a proper full delete of the rear a/c system.