The tabs on the rear evaporator housing were only in the early years. In later years, they were removed and a different mount point put in. My local dealer fabricated metal brackets to use the original mount points and help support the evaporator housing. Pretty simple really. Just a 1/8 piece of bent steel with holes drilled in it for the bolts. Paint it a color similar to the housing and it is hardly noticible
On Aug 14, 2007, at 11:33 AM, Anthony Kimmons wrote: > The tabs I'm speaking of are just the mounting tabs on the front and > rear sections of the AC. Both of them on the rear are broken off and > there's only one up front. I'll need to reconstruct them with > something strong enough to hold that weight. I still have the pieces, > so I'll probably attach them, like you suggested, with some kind of > metal home made bracket. |
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