jpederson Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 So my 84 DL wagon had mice at one point, and I’ve cleaned out every duct and vent and blower motor, where I found nests and poop. But it still smells when I turn on the fan. Short of getting to the heater core, is there a cabin air filter somewhere I’m missing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 LOL. GD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 They stopped making these models long before cabin air filters were invented. You have to remove the dash to get the heater box out, disassemble it, replace all the eaten off foam, clean every duct, the core, the A/C evaporator, etc. with bleach. When you put it back together, put 1/4" hardware cloth over the 3 holes in the firewall that bring in fresh air. Technically, you also have to clean those passages. Been there, did this. Took a week. I HATE mice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Dash pull! 10+ hours. All my tech's and all the one's I've ever had before them.... and myself..... hate that job. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Step-a-toe Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Ten plus hours at your prices !! I have done three dash swaps, two hours out, two 30 back in - no AC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, Step-a-toe said: Ten plus hours at your prices !! That’s a business’ way of politely saying they don’t want the job. And it’s money for jam if someone pays! Cheers Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionstorm66 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 hours ago, el_freddo said: That’s a business’ way of politely saying they don’t want the job. And it’s money for jam if someone pays! Cheers Bennie It actually takes that long to correctly. It was not designed to be easy to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) It does take that long. We do them periodically on the 2008 to 2010 WRX's and STI's due to fatigue failure of the pedal mounting box spot welds. About a $1500 repair. And that's not even touching the heater core box. We have it on good authority that the assembly line starts with the heater core hanging from some fishing line and all subsequent parts are then bolted to it. GD Edited October 19, 2020 by GeneralDisorder 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Step-a-toe Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 6 hours ago, GeneralDisorder said: It does take that long. We do them periodically on the 2008 to 2010 WRX's and STI's due to fatigue failure of the pedal mounting box spot welds. About a $1500 repair. And that's not even touching the heater core box. We have it on good authority that the assembly line starts with the heater core hanging from some fishing line and all subsequent parts are then bolted to it. GD Yeah, but you checked in in the MY EA81 forum here, not millennials. Funny you mention heater core start point. Australia had a poorly built locally made Leyland. An old mate's first job in Oz was on its assembly line, installing the heater cores..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 GD, I don’t doubt the later model dash boards are more involved, I was talking about the MY dash since that’s what the vehicle in question is. My comment was regarding the older models. Not many Subi specialist shops would be well versed in removing dashboards from the old school Subaru. I’ve had the pleasure of removing a Gen1 Liberty dashboard but we never reinstalled. In some areas they were a massive improvement over the MY and L series dashboards but on the flip side there were loads more connectors to sort out too. Miss one of those on reinstall could see you tearing hair later. The MY unit was clearly not designed to be removed with the windscreen in place. They rectified this in the models after the EA81. Cheers Bennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosens Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Angled driver gets those three bolts/screws up by the windshield. Sort of amazed to see this thread. I don’t have any issue at all with gen one and also did gen two and first gen Legacy all with no issues as a hack user and abuser. Sorry , but to me those mentioned aren’t all that difficult. Until you split the heater box. Still not a horror show if you keep your mind to it and are orderly. I would run scared from a more contemporary Subaru dash for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ionstorm66 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 The labor is reinstalling so everything is exactly where it belongs, and nothing creaks or squeaks. 10 hours is about what it takes to do the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Step-a-toe Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Ionstorm66 said: It actually takes that long to correctly. It was not designed to be easy to remove. OK OK Maybe it took me an earlier five hours working out how to do it without what I was told was step #1 in the manual - remove windscreen. My shirt cut is to leave centre panel controls in place and juggle them through their hole in the dash each way. Saves one cable adjust later. I wrote up a procedure list as I went as well. My times are for dash pad swap, cracked out, sexy in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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