Anyone with thorough instructions on an evaporator core teardown? Copies of the manual or a step by step will help.

Will more than likely tackle this as the stealership wants 2200 for labor alone!

Sending up the "bat signal" with an evaporator core next to it....

 

is it appropriate to tell a mod to search? hahaha

just kidding percy....as we talking bout it in PM's this the closest we got to a DIY by anyone

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...y-project.html

 

Already tried the search engines...but they turned out nothing on a step by step.

I should really write one up with pics!

 

Percy...I hope this helps a bit...

Pete

 

i know, i was kidding. thats the closest we got to a DIY man. you def should do one

cant open them on this computer will look at them tomorrow at work

 

Pete,

THANKS! Are there any disassembly steps for the dash and parts leading up to the evaporator removal?

Your pdf files definitely help the process!

 

Thanks I can use this for future reference! A DIY with instructions and illustrations.

 

let me give you short DIY based on the pictures i took.
take the car to mechanic to evacuate the freon and compressor oil.

start with glove box , cd changer , radio , A/c controls , cluster and the driver panel under steering wheel. once you get that off take the center console out drop the steering column (4 bolts). At this point you will have everything necessary to take out the dashboard. dashboard is only held by few bolts . It takes two ppl to get out, so you won't scratch anything inside of the car. (the pass airbag stays with the dash no need to remove that.)Once that out you will have to get some wiring out of the way so you can get the reinforcement bar out . also remove the blower motor at this time. once you get everything out of the way of the evaporator box . disconnect the heater lines (inside the engine bay ) disconnect the ac line from the engine bay , than disconnect the line at the evaporator , and get the box out. when putting everything back take your time so you don't brake or forget anything .
sorry i don't have bolt by bolt pictures for instructions how to remove everything i mentioned here visit http://bahamutcars.free.fr/workshop/...nts/index.html . it took me about 6 hours to do this , this was by 3th evaporator job first time Lexus .

 

yeah those pdf's are nice (im at work no so i can finally look at them)

 

How much effort does it take for the dash to come out? Have the car in the garage now, all the bolts removed according to the diagrams.

 

going through the same bs right now

 

I am in the process of writing it up as I just did mine... had a small leak in my dash, so i am changing everything... Will post up in a few days

 

I finished up my evaporator core replacement... job wasnt too bad except I just didnt have any directions... it will take me a while to type it all up, but if anyone has questions in the mean time just lmk

 

Nice write up guys

 

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/gs-...iy-w-pics.html is the DIY including dash pulling... etc...