OT: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as
friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. I want to do the work myself to save the labor. I have plenty of time to complete the job, cause I don't drive the truck anymore. I am a pretty good shadetree mechanic, but don't have a lot of sepcialized tools. I've searched the web for information on how to accomplish this, with no luck. I know if the AC shop can do it in 8 hours, I can do it in 2 months! Now here are my questions: What info should I get (books, service manual, etc). Where should I get the new part(s) dealer or part store? Is there anyone here who has done this (or seen it on the web) and documented it with pictures? I work better with pictures.. -- _____________________ HomeBrewer 85CJ7 (in Progress) http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ 99XJ Sport Remove the xxx to reply! |
Re: OT: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Renege.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ HomeBrewer wrote: > > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. ><snip> > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! |
Re: OT: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Renege.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ HomeBrewer wrote: > > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. ><snip> > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! |
Re: OT: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Renege.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ HomeBrewer wrote: > > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. ><snip> > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! |
Re: OT: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Renege.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/ HomeBrewer wrote: > > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. ><snip> > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! |
Re: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Hi Home'r,
I just had the same spiel thrown at me for my 01 XJ... 2 days out of warranty! The dealer cut me a "deal", parts on warranty and labor at warranty rate, Vaseline not included. My cost was $393 after tax. My dissatisfaction with D-C has grown immensely just these last 3000 miles. I doubt you'll be able to pull off any deals with a '99 but, If you want to get the parts necessary to do it. I found this link somewhere... http://www.ackits.com/index.cfm Luck, Brian "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@cox.net> wrote in message news:2nenitF2gbkU1@uni-berlin.de... > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. I > want to do the work myself to save the labor. I have plenty of time to > complete the job, cause I don't drive the truck anymore. I am a pretty good > shadetree mechanic, but don't have a lot of sepcialized tools. I've > searched the web for information on how to accomplish this, with no luck. I > know if the AC shop can do it in 8 hours, I can do it in 2 months! > > Now here are my questions: What info should I get (books, service manual, > etc). Where should I get the new part(s) dealer or part store? Is there > anyone here who has done this (or seen it on the web) and documented it with > pictures? I work better with pictures.. > > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! > > |
Re: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Hi Home'r,
I just had the same spiel thrown at me for my 01 XJ... 2 days out of warranty! The dealer cut me a "deal", parts on warranty and labor at warranty rate, Vaseline not included. My cost was $393 after tax. My dissatisfaction with D-C has grown immensely just these last 3000 miles. I doubt you'll be able to pull off any deals with a '99 but, If you want to get the parts necessary to do it. I found this link somewhere... http://www.ackits.com/index.cfm Luck, Brian "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@cox.net> wrote in message news:2nenitF2gbkU1@uni-berlin.de... > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. I > want to do the work myself to save the labor. I have plenty of time to > complete the job, cause I don't drive the truck anymore. I am a pretty good > shadetree mechanic, but don't have a lot of sepcialized tools. I've > searched the web for information on how to accomplish this, with no luck. I > know if the AC shop can do it in 8 hours, I can do it in 2 months! > > Now here are my questions: What info should I get (books, service manual, > etc). Where should I get the new part(s) dealer or part store? Is there > anyone here who has done this (or seen it on the web) and documented it with > pictures? I work better with pictures.. > > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! > > |
Re: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Hi Home'r,
I just had the same spiel thrown at me for my 01 XJ... 2 days out of warranty! The dealer cut me a "deal", parts on warranty and labor at warranty rate, Vaseline not included. My cost was $393 after tax. My dissatisfaction with D-C has grown immensely just these last 3000 miles. I doubt you'll be able to pull off any deals with a '99 but, If you want to get the parts necessary to do it. I found this link somewhere... http://www.ackits.com/index.cfm Luck, Brian "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@cox.net> wrote in message news:2nenitF2gbkU1@uni-berlin.de... > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. I > want to do the work myself to save the labor. I have plenty of time to > complete the job, cause I don't drive the truck anymore. I am a pretty good > shadetree mechanic, but don't have a lot of sepcialized tools. I've > searched the web for information on how to accomplish this, with no luck. I > know if the AC shop can do it in 8 hours, I can do it in 2 months! > > Now here are my questions: What info should I get (books, service manual, > etc). Where should I get the new part(s) dealer or part store? Is there > anyone here who has done this (or seen it on the web) and documented it with > pictures? I work better with pictures.. > > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! > > |
Re: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
Hi Home'r,
I just had the same spiel thrown at me for my 01 XJ... 2 days out of warranty! The dealer cut me a "deal", parts on warranty and labor at warranty rate, Vaseline not included. My cost was $393 after tax. My dissatisfaction with D-C has grown immensely just these last 3000 miles. I doubt you'll be able to pull off any deals with a '99 but, If you want to get the parts necessary to do it. I found this link somewhere... http://www.ackits.com/index.cfm Luck, Brian "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@cox.net> wrote in message news:2nenitF2gbkU1@uni-berlin.de... > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. I > want to do the work myself to save the labor. I have plenty of time to > complete the job, cause I don't drive the truck anymore. I am a pretty good > shadetree mechanic, but don't have a lot of sepcialized tools. I've > searched the web for information on how to accomplish this, with no luck. I > know if the AC shop can do it in 8 hours, I can do it in 2 months! > > Now here are my questions: What info should I get (books, service manual, > etc). Where should I get the new part(s) dealer or part store? Is there > anyone here who has done this (or seen it on the web) and documented it with > pictures? I work better with pictures.. > > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! > > |
Re: A/C Evaporator on Dodge Dakota?
To answer your question.
http://www.diynet.com/diy/ab_auto_ai..._13674,00.html -- HarryS "HomeBrewer" <85cj7XXX@cox.net> wrote in message news:2nenitF2gbkU1@uni-berlin.de... > I asked this in the dodge truck newsgroup, but the people there are not as > friendly or helpful as here. Here's my problem. I have a 99 dodge dakota > pickup with the 4cyl. The evaporator is is leaking I had it diagnosed at a > AC shop. They and the dealer want $900+ to replace it, most of which is > labor. I just had this done on my 99 XJ about a year ago and I'm not up for > paying it again. I have the truck sold to my father-in law and I told him I > would get the ac fixed. I have until the end of Sep to deliver the truck. I > want to do the work myself to save the labor. I have plenty of time to > complete the job, cause I don't drive the truck anymore. I am a pretty good > shadetree mechanic, but don't have a lot of sepcialized tools. I've > searched the web for information on how to accomplish this, with no luck. I > know if the AC shop can do it in 8 hours, I can do it in 2 months! > > Now here are my questions: What info should I get (books, service manual, > etc). Where should I get the new part(s) dealer or part store? Is there > anyone here who has done this (or seen it on the web) and documented it with > pictures? I work better with pictures.. > > -- > _____________________ > HomeBrewer > 85CJ7 (in Progress) > http://85cj7.blogspot.com/ > 99XJ Sport > Remove the xxx to reply! > > |
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