Speaking of the heater core, I was not going to put that dash back together without a new heater core if I could avoid it. Surprisingly this was one of the bigger challenges of this project, OEM is NLA, and all the available aftermarket options seem to be generic fit and I wasn't sure I wanted to trust the quality. Old school radiator shops seem to be few and far between now,. I eventually got lucky and found one only about 40 miles away. I believe they said they are one of two shops remaining in the general Atlanta area. Their first option was to find another Toyota part that had the same core, but different tanks, and swap my tanks out. on a new OEM unit. They didn't find anything still available, so option two was a new core. I'm told (and no, I haven't verified it) that this is a USA made core from the last remaining manufacturer in the country. I believe they said in Arkansas. They apologized for that expensive brand new core looking like hell, but said it was due to the soldering, tanking and testing process. I guess I'll buy that, I've never had one done before. Also soldered up the two piece failure point, I mean joint in the pipe...
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Cleaned up the heater box, painted a few parts, replaced some foam and lubed the linkages. Ready to go back in.
Jason