RangersFC

Hey Guys, this is my first post and as a new Jeep owner I am really looking forward to learning the ins and outs of the Jeep world. I just picked up a 2000 Grand Cherokee Limited, there is a slight smell of coolant when the heat is on and the drivers side window gets fogged up from time to time. To my knowledge I am guessing this is a heater core issue and from what I've seen the whole dash has to come out to replace it. I am asking you guys for a refurral to somebody that can fix this for me at a cheaper price than the approx $1000 at the dealer. Thank you in advance!

RangersFC

No replies eh.... Well since I'm new to the scene maybe you guys can help me out with another forum or something. I came from the world of sport compacts and I know from being on many forums there that some are not uses as often as others. Is there another popular one for us Canadians in the Toronto area?!

Savasa

Hey Ranger,
I 'm not one of the gurus here so I can't help at all..The only thing I can say is, traffic on this site has it's slow and fast response times. I had to have my dash disassembled in FL of all places. Blend doors went in Feb, hot there, cold here AND no tools or place to work there. I could drive down there with 4-60 AC but was -20 here sooooo.........
Peter

CrazyWJ242

yeah i just dont have a recommendation on a shop out in Ontario...

its one of those annoying jobs, the only way to save on this repair is to do as much of the labor yourself as possible...

http://www.wjjeeps.com/hvac_sub_assembly.htm

here are step by step instructions on disassembling the dash in the first few links...
best thing to do is disassemble in a warm garage if possible, plastics are less likely to snap when their warm (i've had a few console parts break on my WJ cause they were handled while they were practically frozen)

but the more you can get disassembled the less a shop would have to disassemble, the less labour your bill is going to have. (8 hours of Labour approx)