Evaporator core case in 1998 Dodge 2500 (full size) van

This van has front only A/C, and is equipped with the 318 FI engine.
There is a leak in the evaporator core, and I have started to try to remove
the
case. The info on Alldata and in my Chilton manual suggests that it should
be
able to remove the case by angling it out the hood opening once all the
retainers are removed.

This has not been my experience. I have it loose, but it binds, and I
cannot
remove it (yet).

If any of you have experience with doing this, I would like to know what you
had to do to get it out.

Otherwise, I will just keep removing crap until it gives up.

Thanks in advance

> wrote in message
t...
> This van has front only A/C, and is equipped with the 318 FI engine.
> There is a leak in the evaporator core, and I have started to try to
> remove
> the
> case. The info on Alldata and in my Chilton manual suggests that it
> should
> be
> able to remove the case by angling it out the hood opening once all the
> retainers are removed.
>
> This has not been my experience. I have it loose, but it binds, and I
> cannot
> remove it (yet).

Everyone else who has done this, including the dealer, drops the steering
column and removes the dash or just swings it out of the way.

"John Kunkel" > wrote in message
...
>
> > wrote in message
> t...
> > This van has front only A/C, and is equipped with the 318 FI engine.
> > There is a leak in the evaporator core, and I have started to try to
> > remove
> > the
> > case. The info on Alldata and in my Chilton manual suggests that it
> > should
> > be
> > able to remove the case by angling it out the hood opening once all the
> > retainers are removed.
> >
> > This has not been my experience. I have it loose, but it binds, and I
> > cannot
> > remove it (yet).
>
> Everyone else who has done this, including the dealer, drops the steering
> column and removes the dash or just swings it out of the way.

On this van, the evaporator core is under the hood, inside the engine
compartment,
on the passenger side. The only work you have to do on the dash side is to
take
out the glove compartment insert to access the case mounting nuts on the
studs
which go through the firewall to the case.