Yes, I did this job last summer, but not for the evaporator, but for pods. My evap continues to be tight. What I didn't do was replace the rubber elbows on the vacuum lines and I think I will have to pull the dash in the spring for that.

I didn't pull the entire heater box on mine. I was able to pull the top off the box, change the heater core and the pod that's inside without removing the box. I did have to loosens the retainers that hold the lines to the firewall in order to move the box rearward enough for access.

I did the job in the Texas heat in August. I put the car up about 1 1/2 or 2 feet on the lift so that I could stand or easily climb in and out of the car and I aimed a high volume squirrel cage fan through the car with all doors open. It was definitely a job that I didn't look forward to, but turned out easier than I thought.

When I do the elbows, I will only have to pull the top of the dash, so I think I might leave the steering wheel in place this time.

If I went back and read the thread that I had going at the time, Peter, or someone, may very well have told me to replace the elbows, but it went in one ear and out the other once I was replacing the pods, because the elbows were not brittle, but soft and pliable.

In fact, now that I think about it, Phil puts together all the pods for one money. It would be a good idea for him to add the elbows and sell it as a kit.

At least doing this job is not the big mystery that it once was.

Merry Christmas,