Heater core hack in 15 minutes!! 05 - 08 jeep grand Cherokee
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ธ.ค. 2018
- 05 06 07 08 jeep grand cherokee heater core replacement in 15 minutes with nothing but a cutting wheel angle grinder and a torque head screwdriver! Guaranteed to save you thousands in shop fees!
Pretty good video but instead of cutting those metal support brackets completely, a better way is to just drill out the weld, move those metal braces out of the way and then when you need to reattach them, just put a nut and bolt through the hole you drilled.
Actually did that on another one for a friend of mine. This was just the quickest way to do it. Thanks for the feedback though and thanks for watching!
I am a seasoned mechanic but I've never done a heated core on a Jeep even though I've had a few. Most of these videos are done by mentally challenged teachers but yours was a breeze. I appreciate you more than you know.
From one mechanic to another. If you do a job like this you shouldn’t call yourself a mechanic.
Would you actually hack up a customers car and then charge them for replacing the heater core?? I know that I would not. I hope you wouldn't either, a respectable mechanic doesn't do work like that.
@@juans9343how much does that hurt the car by cutting the brackets? Is that a very dangerous thing to do or it doesn't hurt the car that much it just something a mechanic wouldn't do
@@lawyersimmons6953 they aren't structural supports. They are simply braces for the glove compartment
@@fastone371of course you wouldn’t do a customers car like this BUT, for your personal spare car.?.?. Hell yeah
Thank you for your video. I took it to one of the shops in my home town of South Lake Tahoe California and was stunned at how much I was quoted. 700 dollars is unbelievable. After watching your video it took me about 1 hour cause I am not a mechanic. Thank you
And to fix the whole “saggy compartment” issue...just run to Menards or Fleet Farm, buy a couple rails of metal, and just bolt it back to where it would’ve been.
I have to do this on mine and was just quoted $1000.15 with parts and Labor. Thank you for the video very helpful!!👌👍
The world needs more videos like this.
Quick ways to fix things if you don't care about it not being perfect when it's done.
I am hoping this will work on my 2005 Liberty. It's supposed to be a 9 to 12 hour job.
I have watched other people replacing them & it looks like a good 6 hour job even if you do cheat a little bit.
I will try to do my own video if it does work.
Thank you for showing us it's possible without taking the dash out.
I'm keeping my jeep till I junk it so change it like you did!!
Easy and fast and it's fixed!!!! 😆
Worked like a charm, had this job done in 30 mins after a couple years of "mysterious" on and off overheating issues from pulling air into the system. Used an oscillating multi-tool with a wood blade to cut the plastic veneer...cut like butter and was able to salvage the bracket for glove box mount
Thank you so much for this go around. It worked like a charm for my 2008 Jeep grand Cherokee.
Awesome video! Thank you so much.. You’ve just saved me a lot of time & money. Just got done with this job & I went very well.👍👍👍
Thank you sir! You made it so much more simpler.
Thanks very much! I gotta replace the heater core in my 2010 jeep gc. No way I'm taking the dash out! Tyvm for the video!
Your the man! Thank you so much made everything so easy
Thanks for saving me a hell of a head ack !
take the braces you cut off and just use self tap screws to put back in place
Ha haaaa!!! Brotha you rock! Thank you! Much love from CT!!
Awesome advise man! Thanks.
Going to be doing this in a few days. Thanks for the hack.
Hack is right.
Hey Thanks real Time and $$$$$ saver loved the video quick and simple
Awesome sauce. THanks for this great information. It's an old vehicle with Issues so it won't matter.
THANK YOU BROTHER
Just cap the heater core hoses and get you a portable defroster from harbor freight for 20 bucks then set it on your dash and plug it in to your 12v cigarette port and your good...been doing that for years in my 2000 grand cherokee
@@qa1994sa get a heater core bypass kit ...it has a small curved hose and some fittings and clamps...there's videos on TH-cam about it and it takes only a few minutes to do the job
Hell yeah is yours a WK model I have an 05 Grand Cherokee WK 3.7 v6 and I have to change mine it blew out earlier this year in spring time so I just did what my paw paw would have done and bypassed it and also like paw paw would do I left it until last night when we got our first freeze here in Oklahoma, I pick my girlfriend up from her work at 1 am and it was hard to see with no defrost...so in the morning I'll be heading to AutoZone and getting the core for 46 and some change I was expecting it to cost more so I'd like to try your way mines got almost 200k on it and it blew a hole in it when I was towing my vintage trailer and it isn't light 😂 I am about to go look under my dash now
One more, to change the - fan for the heater, could I do the same process?
Good job thanks
Dude thank u 🙏🏽
Great tip! Can you just drill the spot weld anc pull the brace back instead of cutting it off? Then push it back and put a bolt on it? While kerping everything else you showed the same?
Yes. I thought about doing that myself, but just to save time and because I didn't really care about the glove box, I opted to just cut the braces
This held 3 years before my rad hose patch leaked. This took me an hour and cost $100.
Holy hand grenades, Batman! This is da BOMB!!! Gonna try it... Let you know how it goes!
Nice!!
Do you know if you can access the evaporator the same way?
What about replacing the hoses as well
I’m pretty sure mines going out soon, when I use my ac I smell coolant in the vents . Does that mean my heater core is going out ?
Respect ✊
LEGEND! Saved me all sorts of time and cash !!!
Any time! Just glad to save ppl the time and headaches! Lol
Will this also work for a 2001 jeep grand Cherokee with the 4.0?
I have a 2005. I took the dash out because the previous owner mangled the wiring harness installing some radio junk. I cut the bracket, but I have a welder. Eh. It's going to be a postal vehicle. Its gonna get trashed anyways
Haha excellent!!
How much was your heater core? Do you have to purge the coolant system first? And will a leaking heater core cause you to have steam coming out of ac vents? Thanks for posting this video btw!
The heater core was about $60. Water vapor coming out of your vents while the AC is on is not due to the heater core. That's most likely due to high humidity and a high dew point. It is your heater core if you're smelling antifreeze and it steams up your windshield while the heater is on
@@sparky4357 Yup. I was smelling antifreeze and windows were fogging up. I just bypassed the heater core from the engine block. Don't need heat here in south florida anyways. Runs fine now until I order the heater core. Thanks for the video and info. Much appreciated.
So you you don’t have to put those brackets back on?
Although you cut yours back I think it could also be cut and bent back out of the way then reattached with metal screws? Was you core bad or just the o rings? Wouk’s it not be cheaper to just get o rings?. Good job man!:)
My heater core was actually bad and needed replaced, but yes, many times it is just the o-rings. Although, considering how cheap the entire core is, I'm not sure why you wouldn't change it out while you're there
Genius!!! Im on the same page as u my friend small price to pay. Job well done
Thank you so so much for this! I rather do this than pay a thousand
Definitely! It's hard to justify paying so much to fix a 15 yr old vehicle! I'm all about getting things done without a lot of $$! Lol
Would this work if the driver's side floor is wet because of the heater core?
Yes. If your heater core is leaking on the back side, it will leak into the drivers side as well
Do you have to drain the coolant system first?
Yes. At least some of it or it will leak all over your floorboards
Thanks for the video, do you have an easier way of getting to the evaporator core?
Unfortunately, the evap coil is a bitch and i haven't found an easy fix for that yet
08 jgc has been having a slight burning RUBBER smell inside and somewhat outside near front left tire. Does anyone know if this might be heater core?
Not the heater core. It's over by the passenger side and won't get hot enough to make a burning rubber smell.
Wondering if this would work for a 2010 Jeep liberty?
I believe the 2010 jeep liberty is different. Take out the glove department and see if you can access the side panel of the console and get it pulled away far enough to see if the heater core is behind it. I believe it's in the same location, but takes a very different heater core with inlet and outlets that push through the firewall making it very difficult to replace
What confuses me is that the hoses come through on the passenger side and it looks like the heater core is in the center. Are the hoses hiding under that black plastic casing?
Yes the heater core is under that black plastic cover in the center. When that plastic cover is removed, you'll see the heater core and hoses
Will it work on a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo
Yes
Does cutting the brackets damage the interior structure of the car? What harm does cutting the brackets do?
It doesn't harm anything. They are just there to support the glovebox
Can you do the ac this way to?
No. The evap coil isn't accessible from under the dash
Would this also work on a 07 jeep commander?
Did you try this on your commander ?
I'm taking my nitro in tomorrow morning to get my heater core replaced for 1400... If i can find someone to do this then send the dude my way lol
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Hello, is this the only step that I need to do ? I really need to change mine but I don’t have the money at ALL
Yes. If it is your heater core, simply follow the steps I describe to you in the video and I promise you can have it done in less than an hour with just a socket wrench and an angle grinder with a cutoff wheel.
Okay thank you so much
Hi looking at doing this very soon. Did you have to remove the 2 lines in the firewall. Or drain any coolent out. Or did you just remove them from the heater core itself. Please get back to me thanks.
Will this work on a 2009 jeep liberty?
No. Unfortunately that is a complete teardown job with no shortcuts
Hell I could not make it with out TH-cam! TH-cam saves me a lot of head acks and money.
Did you have to drain your system/radiator ?
You shouldnt have to completely drain it. I did drain most of it out though
Got a couple heater hose clamps and you don’t need to drain it
Fucking hell yeah. I mean I'll spend an extra 30 and do It cleaner and stil save mega pain in the ass. Thansk a million
Will this work for an 06 Laredo
Yes Trysha, it should be the same
@@sparky4357 thank you!!
Will this work for a 2008
Did it and it worked not mechanical when it comes to cars but me and a friend did it in a hour and a half . We ended up cutting the bars. Thanks you guys are awesome. 08 cherokee laredo
Will that work on a 2000
Not exactly the same, but I belive the heater core is located in the same area and can be removed in the same way
Is this doable on a 2001 grand Cherokee V6? Asking before I try haha
I believe the heater core is in the same location on that year as well. The bracket locations and trim are slightly different, but same basic concept
Did you end up trying it this way I have a 2001 also ?
Will this be the same for a 2005 Jeep Liberty?
Not exactly the same. The heater core is in the same area, but the braces and panels are a little different
@@sparky4357 Thank you I wanting to replace The heater core a evaporator core in the liberty.
The evap coil is a lot harder to get to than the heater core though..
@@sparky4357 Thank you. I guess I have to do it the hard way :)
Saw saw Makes any job easy..lol
Will this work on a 2004 ?
Sorry this won't work for the 04 models. The heater core sits right behind the firewall on those and the entire dash needs to be removed to access it
Will it work on a 1999
No unfortunately that is a whole other kind of heater core
@@sparky4357 bummer! Ok thanks
I don't believe it he didn't show it out I have the same problem no heat.
Are you in Ga? 🤣🤣
Glove Department
It's glove "compartment" not "department"
You left out the part where you had to cut a huge piece of the lower dash plastic to get to the core........
.......and it's glove compartment not glove department.
He didn't leave out cutting the plastic. You missed it.
For some reason, I personally don’t like the idea of butchering the bottom of your dashboard. No one can ever find enough time to do things right the first time, but always have enough time to do it right the 2nd time.
The hacks could save more time by opening the rear hatch, folding the rear seat down, attaching a chain to the dash and a tree then driving away quickly, in the end it will look about the same.
You miss the point entirely. What a surprise.
Ok Mr. Perfect, you wouldn't want to do it on a really nice vehicle, but my old 2005 Jeep's value or appearance is not going to be affected one penny by doing it this way. I'm glad I saw this video. I've been avoiding doing it but not anymore.
Engineering joke how hard would it have been for jeep too build it right to start with.
yea thats called being a hack definetly not doing this to any customers car and everyone would notice it wow
Duh! Obviously it's not a repair you would do on someone else's car! It's just a quick fix to get your own POS Jeep back on the road! Besides, if you're such a skilled mechanic, then why are you watching this video in the first place??
Amazing! Now in the event of a collision, the structure is compromised and you increase your chances of winning a Darwin award! Passenger too!
Those braces aren't structural. They are simply there for framing out the dash components... Safety structural supports and brackets aren't spot welded and aren't thin metal