Retrofitting heater/defroster

[1795]

There is an accessory outlet already installed and hidden in the glove box. I appreciate Bill S. taking the time to install it...now if only he had followed through with his post when he had the car concerning installing a heater/defroster this would have been his headache, not mine....

Patrick,

I will try to post pictures, but for some reason I have not been able to upload pictures into an album. It keeps on failing every time I try.

Jim

[DanEC]

When you say "the holes ..... are already in place" do you mean the 5 holes in the firewall? I hope so since to me having to drill the firewall holes in a finished car woul be the most difficult part.

I would second pulling the dash. The heater is pretty good size and fitting the defroster hoses can be a struggle because they are very stiff and the right one is a pain because of the glove box aluminum.

[1795]

Dan,

unfortunately I meant the holes for the deflectors. I have the template that came with the heater/defroster for drilling the holes and just bought a new 1" bimetal hole saw. I plan on putting electric tape on the drill bits so that I stop soon after going through the firewall and will make sure that I have all the wiring out of the way before a single drill bit touches anything. Looks like it will be a nice day tomorrow, almost 40 degrees.

Jim