Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 06:04:09 GMT From: "Ben Thompson" <thompsbbnopsam.com> Subject: Re: 9000 heater coor
This is not too easy, my friend, but it is doable. I did this on my '86 9000 turbo, so bear in mind, your model and year may be slightly different. Start by removing the plastic covers over the A/C equipment just forward of the windshield. Then remove the 'false' firewall that seperates this area from the engine. Drain the engine of coolant. Remove the windshield wipers from their spindles, and remove the clip which holds the wiper transmission arm onto the motor. Remove the 3 bolts which hold in the wiper motor (you'll be moving this out of the way to get some room to remove the blower). Remove the plastic spash gard reom around the base of the windshield. Remove the outside air sensor (mounted on top of the fan housing), and the electrical connection for the fan. Moving over to the (US) passenger side, undo the single torx screw which holds in the evaporator box. Remove the bolt on the inside of the fender which hold down the A/C lines (and the power steering resivoir as well). remove the 2 electrical connectors from the evaporator box. Do your best to wiggle this bloody thing out of it's cubby hole. Leave it hanging off to the side. You may have to loosen and move aside the oil filler pipe, as wel as remove some of the vacume hoses and nipples off of the intake manifold to get enough clearance. Once that's out, look on the (US) passenger side of the plastic housing for the blower fan. There should be a small wire coming out of the bulkhead, attached to a plastic arm on the blower casing. Pry this off the plastic arm. You will notice below that a plastic tab which fits over a notch on the casing. This tab, and another exactly like it are all that are holding the blower casing onto the bulkhead. Use a pair of large flat blade screwdrivers to pop the housing off of the bulkhead. You'll now have to figure out how to wiggle this thing out from under there. It's tough, but it can be done. Crack open the housing for the fan by removing the plastic clips along the seam that runs down the middle of the housing. There is one torx screw (brass colored) in the center of the housing as well. Open it up, pull the fan out, and the motor should come with it. Fit the new motor. Extract the fan cage from the old motor by having someone hold the fan cage while you use a mallet and a small screwdriver to strike out the motor spindle from the center of the fan. Everything pretty much goes back in the order in which it came out. As I said, you simply have to be real flexible to get the evaporator box and blower housing out. It's a little easier to get them back in, I found, since you've already figured out just how to twist, slide, then push it back into place. Evacuating the refrigerant from the system, and then detaching the A/C lines from the evaporator makes it a lot easier to get it out. However, if you do this, BE SURE TO SEAL UP ANY OPEN PASSAGES. Cap both pipes, and cap the places they formerly were screwed into. This will preven the costly replacement of your expansion valve and your receiver / dryer. "DRuss17327" <druss17327nopsamcom> wrote in message news:20000923091041.14693.00000495nopsamq1.aol.com... > Can any you send me directions/hints on replacing the heater coor? > Thanx Dan 93 9000cs
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