oldpoopie
Vendor
- Joined
- May 14, 2001
- Location
- Portland Oregon
- TDI
- 2001 golf gl, 2006 jetta, 1981 ALH swapped rabbit pickup, 1998 beetle
Whew. Just finished doing the heater core on a 99 jetta. Wow what a pain.
Here are a few tips. Dont forget the one large bolt holding the cross member on underneath the wiper motors. Unbolt the heater box completely, but dont disconnect the AC lines. You can pull the box away from the firewall just enough to swap out heater cores.
Label all the plugs so you know where they go during re-assembly. Even if its just a little sharpie on there.
Total time was about 8 hrs including about an hr for lunch. It would have taken much much longer had nick not been helping.
I'm hoping that I never have to do it again, so dont ask for a howto! LOL
Here are a few tips. Dont forget the one large bolt holding the cross member on underneath the wiper motors. Unbolt the heater box completely, but dont disconnect the AC lines. You can pull the box away from the firewall just enough to swap out heater cores.
Label all the plugs so you know where they go during re-assembly. Even if its just a little sharpie on there.
Total time was about 8 hrs including about an hr for lunch. It would have taken much much longer had nick not been helping.
I'm hoping that I never have to do it again, so dont ask for a howto! LOL