Bad news from the shop...., Need new evaporator! Options

[chaynes]

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....

[chaynes]

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...