You have to take the dash apart to do it right. May I recommend replacing the evap core while you have the dash apart and the blend doors, since these parts are known to fail at some point.
It's not a hard job, just lots of screws and parts..... I did my 2000 WJ a year ago... Be smart, replace the heater core, AC Evap, blower motor, drier, and damper doors (if v-8) while you have your Jeep apart.. my AC is COLD.... my heat is HOT...... no fog on the windshield. :thumbsup: Trust me, this is a job you will want to do only once......
My 2000 WJ during Heater core / AC Evap replacement
How long did it take you to do it all? Removing the dash, replacing the items and putting dash back together again? Did you do it on your own or anyone helped?
I followed a step by step write up that I got the link to off this forum... I tore it apart on day one, put the new Evap, and heater core in the heater box, but left everything sitting on workbench until day two. I put it back together on day two. I worked alone, didn't work at any killer speed for sure. All the parts were ordered well in advance and were on hand before I ever started the job. I had about 12 - 15 hours involved total including cleanning/detailing the engine. I took it to local quick oil change place and they hooked it to their computerized AC charging machine that did a complete evac and oil etc.... their little computer said my system was functioning at 100%.
Here is a pic of my engine bay.... not bad for a Jeep with 170k on the clock..
Sweet! I guess I'll start gathering parts slowly. For now everything seems to be working in terms of AC and heating, but AC drain leaks on the inside and I really want to get it fixed. Oh well, one step at a time. For now it's just some basic maintenance, so far apart from regular engine oil&filter changes i changed tranny fluid&filters and now i have everything i need to change oil in both diffs & transfer case (plus regular oil&filter change for the engine).
Nice looking engine bay, I wish mine looked half as decent
I just did my heater core, evap, and both blend doors. took my time and i think it took me around 14 hours total. you can do it yourself, although i know when it came time to lift off and put the dash bash on i would have liked to have help.
Just as a counter to the do-it-yourself plan...
I'm a pretty fair home mechanic but chose to farm this one out.
I paid the guy about $1100 to do the job, which included 6 hours of his labor, the rest being parts, a/c recharge, etc.
I felt that the $600 or so in labor was quite a good deal. I'm sure it would have taken me at least twice that long.
I probably would have done it myself if I didn't know and trust the mechanic.
$600 in labor is a good deal. To be fair, the more of these you do, the quicker you should be able to do them... even so, $600 labor is good. However, everytime I have ever had someone else work on my Jeep, I get pissed off,,, I don't care who the paid mechanic is, if there is a hard to get to bolt to put back in, the mechanic will just toss it. Not me. A friend had a professional mechanic work on his Jeep, afterwards there was 4 bolts missing and a small leak around a hose clamp. I'm not going to pay $75.00 plus per hour of labor then have to worry about what short cuts the mechanic took because he didn't think I would know the difference.
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