Re: 5000 blower and steak knives

[broberg@cpg.mcw.edu]

Did my V8 with part of the steak knife method.  Also removed the bottom screw with L driver and skinned 
knuckles, but did not replace it.  Did not remove any dash materials.  Did not cut duct, just 
compressed it and removed.
Roland


On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, rao@pixar.com (Arun Rao) wrote:
>
>
>	With all due respect to Eric's steak-knife method, it's not that much
>	more trouble to actually get the blower box out of the car. In my car, 
>	('85 5KT) I didn't have to cut the black duct  -- I was able to push
>	it back enough to get the blower box out.  Once you do this, the process
>	of replacing the blower motor is trivial.  (In my case, I *had* to do
>	this because I was replacing the heater core).
>
>	I'd be happy to elaborate further to anyone who's interested.
>
>
>	-Arun
>
>	PS: I'm told that the dash needs to come off on the non-turbo cars in order
>	to remove the blower box, thus making it a much bigger deal.
>
>--
>Arun Rao
>Pixar Animation Studios
>Pt. Richmond, CA 94804
>(510) 215-3526
>
>
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