Heater core 1997 Disco.. DIY or Workshop ?

I was surprised by the the fact that your Disco has no air con. I've never seen one without air con .

Thanks heaps for all the advice in here doesn't sound like to much of a pain and much better than having the missus constantly complain the heater doesn't work and it's cold. Will have to get to fixing it soon with all these 10 degree days, our the other option is invest in ear muffs so I don't have to listen to her could be cheaper I guess lol

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Originally Posted by DCPAus

I am doing exactly this on a D2, and it looks practically identical, I have 2 questions, and bearing in mind the D2 may be diferent I understand you may not be able to help.

The 2 heater pipes are attached to the firewall by a bracket that appears to be screwed on from the engine bay side is the D1 the same and if yes, did you remove this bracket and how?

2nd question if you did not remove this bracket how did you actually pull the pipes out enough, is it just a case of be brave and use brute force?

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I had the same problem on my D1.

I had to replace the pipes as some heavy handed individual had cut them off. I hate cutting anything so I usually don't. To replace the pipes I had to remove the clamp plate where the head of the screw was on the firewall side and therefore inaccessible.

I drilled that screw out with a long series drill and, before reassembly, brazed a nut onto the other side. Anyone who ever has to replace it again (Hi, Laurie) can remove it easily.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

I was surprised by the the fact that your Disco has no air con. I've never seen one without air con .

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I had an XF falcon ones that I thought didn't have air con (my second car ever, back when they were worth not much more than the rego on them) and then one day I realized it had the air con button but it just never worked...that was a funny car looking back on it, complete radiator leak had to fill up the water every day and I thought the temp gauge was busted because it was always on max until one day I completely cooked the engine on the freeway and the car just stopped and smoke was spewing out from all around the top of the engine block hahaha I can't believe I treated that car that way god that's funny to look back on

Old thread, completely unrelated story, sorry about that :)