Blah! Well, I spent today replacing my A/C's evaporator housing (the old one had cracks in the original design mounting tabs). Taking it down was relatively easy (you have to start at the A/C duct work at the front of the van, and work your way back...basically taking down the entire A/C duct work.) Taking it down took, maybe 20 minutes. Swapping parts another 40 minutes (heat and humidity take their toll when working outdoors.) Putting it back up (just the evaporator housing) took 2+ hours. Not an easy job for one person. Phew. At least it is back up. This job does make me wonder about the engineering considerations the VW used when designing the duct work and housing. Basically, the duct work and housing consist of two types of plastic (well there are a couple of others but the majority of the stuff is just two types) one is the plastic you see, which is decently tough stuff in straight surfaces. The other is a black rather brittle plastic which seems to be for structural support, but since it breaks off practically every where it is used, I'm puzzled as to just what they were thinking of when they used it. Oh, well. At least it is done. Hopefully it will be many years before I have to touch this again. |
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