 Bad news from the shop...., Need new evaporator! |
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 Jun 27, 2008 - 10:52 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 8, '08 From LR, AR Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
So I got some bad news from the dealership today regarding my AC woes.....I need a new evaporator!
The damage.....$2500!!!! (more than i bought the car for) I said "hmm...no thanks." Obviously. So, I'm going to try this myself. Anyone have any experience changing this out? The mechanic was saying the whole dash would need to be removed. My repair manual says just the glove box needs to be removed, which wouldn't be so bad. I'm going to tear into it tomorrow morning and take a look around. I'm hoping i don't have to remove the whole dash! Also, this part seems hard to find. I've looked online, and only autozone has a listing for it (170.99). And it needs to be special ordered. What do you guys think? Can I replace the evaporator myself? I'll tear into it tomorrow morning and find out i guess.... -------------------- 1995 Celica ST
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Jun 28, 2008 - 1:01 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Nov 1, '07 From Santa Barbara, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Idk 2500 sounds like BS to me. If you found the part for 170.00, I can't see them charging you 20 hours of labor to install it.
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Jun 28, 2008 - 8:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 8, '08 From LR, AR Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I guess it could be possible that they would overshoot the price so that I would feel good when the final total turns out less than quoted. But it does seem like bs.
If i can get to the evaporator, i'll do all the work myself and just take it somewhere to have it charged. I'll try to take pics along the way. This post has been edited by chaynes: Jun 28, 2008 - 8:36 AM -------------------- 1995 Celica ST
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Jun 28, 2008 - 1:09 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
QUOTE (chaynes @ Jun 28, 2008 - 9:33 AM)  I guess it could be possible that they would overshoot the price so that I would feel good when the final total turns out less than quoted. But it does seem like bs. If i can get to the evaporator, i'll do all the work myself and just take it somewhere to have it charged. I'll try to take pics along the way. go buy that crap, we will help you. its not bad to take the globe box, ive got pics. -------------------- Learned a lot in 10 years... I hardly log in anymore, last login Today Sept 6 2019, and I was forced just to clarify a post. LOL
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Jun 28, 2008 - 1:54 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 23, '08 From boston MA Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
I jus did mine the best way is to drop the dash because of the tubes that the airflows in you will see when you start not har just time consuming jus watch out for the harness
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Jun 28, 2008 - 3:42 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 8, '08 From LR, AR Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Thanks for the support! I checked it out a little this morning. I found 3 screws along the inside top of the glove box assembly and one on the bottom by the console. After removing these, it wouldn't come out so i felt around and it appears there is another screw under the kick panel. It looks like I'll need to remove the door sill trim to remove the kick panel to get at it. It was raining pretty hard at that point so i didn't want to work on it with the door open wide. Right now i'm just trying to get an idea as far as what will be involved. Removing the dash will be a PITA for sure....I've never been good at working with vehicle interiors. I always break stuff!!! But I do like to do things myself too...
-------------------- 1995 Celica ST
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Jun 28, 2008 - 4:06 PM
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i wonder how much the part costs toyota
was most of the estimate just in labor? -------------------- **If you play My Brute, joing the 6gc.net clan!**
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Jun 28, 2008 - 4:07 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 15, '07 From Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 52 (100%) |
Taking the dash apart is not bad, just make sure you bag all the screws and label the bags, it will be much easier dude. take pics of how things are before you take apart and label all the plugs and wires you disconect, youll be happy if you do...
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Jun 28, 2008 - 9:45 PM
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Thread cleaned, warning level handed out. You guys know the rules.
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