[Chevelle-list] 1969 heater core / blower motor

[John Nasta]

I took a good look at it and it seemed like the easiest thing to do  
would probably be to take the fender & inner fender off as a unit and  
then have easy access to everything. Only problem w/ that is that it's  
much easier to get the hood off & on again w/ a second pair of hands.  
Also, it might be a bit much for a curbside repair. Maybe I'll try to  
get a much earlier start and do it tomorrow.

Also, you do have to pull the nose apart to do the heater core. There  
are 4 bolts that go from the heater box forward through the firewall,  
with nuts on the other side. One of those nuts is behind the inner  
fender.

For now I left the glovebox apart and I have all the inner bolts out.  
Hopefully I'll get up the courage to do it tomorrow.

John



Quoting Trooper <chevyfan at hughes.net>:

> John,
>  You can address the heater core from the inside. Only thing you have
> to do on the outside is disconnect the hoses. The fan is a different
> story. It's not just the bottom bolt. The fan motor has a squirrel cage
> fan attached to it so it must be backed out of the housing about 4- 5
> inches after you have removed the screws. You don't have to remove the
> outside box for either replacement. But the inner fender has to be
> unbolted so you can pull it forward for the fan.
>
> Trooper
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nasta" <69ec at johnnasta.com>
> To: <chevelle-list at chevelles.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 10:43 AM
> Subject: [Chevelle-list] 1969 heater core / blower motor
>
>
>> Looking for somebody to refresh my memory...
>>
>> On a 1969 El Camino, does replacing the heater core only involve    
>> removing stuff inside the cabin?
>>
>> Also, to replace the blower motor, is it just that one stupid bolt   
>> on  the bottom of the cover that makes you have to get the inner   
>> fender  out of the way? Also, does the inside stuff have to be torn  
>>  down to  get at that? Has anybody had success w/ just dropping the  
>>  back half of the inner fender and reaching in there?
>>
>> I have gone three winters now with my heater core bypassed and a   
>> non-working blower motor. I'm thinking I should take advantage of   
>> the long weekend (and it's not supposed to rain) to fix this.
>>
>> Thanks. I'll probably be digging into this today. Maybe three   
>> winters  is enough procrastination, esp. since I have the parts   
>> sitting here.
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