>>> I now feel like I could do my heater in a day easily.  Other folks
>>> descriptions of the process make it sound unduly difficult. <<
>
> You could. I started mine in the late afternoon and needed to finish the
> next morning.   And no, I did not do all the detailed cleaning stuff that
> others have done but I did do some.  it's always a balance of doing
> what I
> can and getting the car back on the road as I need to go back to work on
> Mondays.

Great video Bryan.  Did you do anything about the burnt looking wire?
Were you able to drive without a steering wheel nut? :)

I'm thinking it might be a mistake to do this job and not budget some
time to fix stuff like the burnt wire, dead bulbs, ripped out wires, and
so on.

Speaking of;  has anyone tried to replace the heater core with a more
common part?  (ie, one that is less than 200$)   I need to do this job,
but it looks like I won't care again until the autumn now that it is
getting warmer.

Tom