Thanks a million for this very informative post. I was able to knock out this task with no problems thanks to you buddy. Keep sharing your DIY knowledge it is very appreciated. Stay safe
@@miguelmaldonado9881 Thanks for the reply Miguel, I'm not sure why he is convinced but I will say in Florida without air conditioning the car is almost worthless to me so you are correct!, thanks for your comment.
My favorite hack/cut of sheet metal was from years ago when I saw the aftermath of a DIYer pulling a VW Bug engine out from the top - it looked like the dude used a big can opener to get the body sheet metal out of the way of a partially stripped down engine - what a mess! It was so mangled that I just cut off the rear body section and grafted in a replacement. No car design is perfect, Lincoln laid an egg where a few simple design changes should have been made. Removing or dropping the inner fender liner is not hard. But if you are working on a rusty roachy old Town Car - then cut/hack with abandon!
A little bit more involved than an 03 Grand Marquis that I had to replace the evaporator on. I remember that I had to remove the wheel and fender liner and had lots of room. after that, I was able to split the evaporator housing in half and then after the replacement was put in I put black RTV and it was hardly noticeable. it came out very clean. On the Town Car, you're not able to split the Evaporator housing in half, so, to do it correctly the whole evaporator core housing needs to be removed. at least it separates from the heater core side so it might be possible to loosen it and let it hang a bit to have room for the evap to slide out and in while clearing the sheet metal. as long as the wheel and fender liner is removed, expose all the room to be able to do the job somewhat properly. Dang, I hope I never have to do this, but my OCD self knows deep down that I'll be doing it the hard way if the time comes. I hate that.
You need go on the inside under the dash and loosen that evaporator core case from the firewall and then it'll come forward enough to where you don't have to use metal shears... Really dude?? Now that's going to rust where you cut you don't use metal shears when you can't get evap core out like that come on man.... Quite surprised you did something like that. Years ago Ford had a commercial (quality is job one) I think you missed that commercial. No disrespect ment my friend I'm just trying to get you back on the rails.
@@DoubleTroubleGarage $500 car or $20,000 car it's just the wrong way to do it that was the core of my point....$500 or $50 car doesn't justify doing it like a hack job..... But I do enjoy your videos nonetheless.
great video, I have a 2003 Town Car, gonna give it a try. by the way, with all of that out of the way, can you easily reach the HVAC blend door actuator motor , they tend to go bad at about 10-12 years, and the dash needs to come off to get at it. But if it could be reached with all of that stuff out of the way, then even if it was not bad at the time, its only $50 for a new one. anyway, great video, and hope you can give me the part number. Thanks.
Thanks for the comment. No, you can not reach any blend door actuators from the outside, but check out my other videos where I replace one with just a glove box removal, easy.
It is NOT the only way nor is it the "Proper way" but this was the easiest way. Lincoln should have made it possible to change it this way without the cutting, I am not going to say I recommend that anyone do the evaporator change this way but I would do it the same way again and again.
Thank you for replying back! you are right! It is a stupid design and I don't really see any other way to do it. and I know this can't be the way to do this job but I agree with you that this is the short cut to get it out. I suppose 😆! Thanks again!
I believe the "intended" way is to remove the wheel and the plastic liner (guessing?), but that is probably worse. Seems like that whole plastic box containing the evaporator should have "accessible" fasteners, disconnect the lines and move the whole box toward the front of the car and the up and out. That whole area there by the fire wall and wiper/water run off near the windshield is a total "Cluster F'k" that "Ford & Cousins" designed - with the water leaks from a "foam" gasket and the inability to access the ac makes it a train wreck. It is a shame because for the most part, it is a fairly reliable vehicle but because of these repairs (if you are not a DIYer) the cars end up in the salvage yard because it does not make economic sense to repair them.
Thank you for showing the condition of the old one and the office tube. I was not sure what color my 06 required. But I guess they just use the red motorcraft one.
Hi does your lincoln have a musty moldy smell and when you're on highway speed will the cooling kinda stop being cold enough I've had that problem with my 2003 and my 2 2004 lincoln town cars
To answer your question first, NO. It sounds to me like you are low in freon because when your compressor cycles you can get that musty smell along with warmer air or if your air is charged fully it may be your cycling switch. Hope this helps.
I am horrified by this. I guess if you have an old clunker a few months out from being a demolition derby car this is fine. Maybe I'm just thinking of my pristine garage kept '04 with only 115K miles on it. But....I guess if you have an old clunker.....
They are metal shears, its made by Dewalt They were purchased at Home Depot, Mine are old now they are 18 Volt they have 20 Volt now. They also have one that connects to your drill or driver, I apologize I don't know how to send a link on here.....
It's a ford,,,, Ha ha but no I have replaced more ford evaporators than any other. I Bought a cheap "sniffer" from Amazon, the way you test is to close all the dash vents except for one place the sniffer in the open one, with the fan on low speed turn the key on and if the sniffer goes from a tick to a growl you got your culprit.
@@DoubleTroubleGarage I was told that the evaporator is "probably" the problem with my 2004 Towncar. Which sniffer did you buy from Amazon? I see some for $20 and others $150. Will the $20 one detect freon?
@@Menyou1962 I bought the cheapest one on Amazon and it worked great, I don't know how Ling it will last but it's still going strong. Be sure to have your blower fan on low let your car sit for a while or overnight close all vents except for one stick the sniffer in the open one and turn on the key to accessorie where the fan comes on and see if you get a growl, it won't be a long one but if you get a hit there should be NO freon coming from your vents.
Why cant you cut plastic on both sides of evap. housing pull toward front of car after install fabricate some brackets to hold peice you cut out fill cracks with plumbers putty it looks like it woul d work on my t car sounds better than cutting the metal. I will look at my t car see if theres clearance. Maybe leave lines on and disconnect front of lines . I will check my t car again to see if it will work hopefully.
I would think that there would not be enough room but there just might be, let me know how it goes but if you do I will tell you one thing, it will be very noticeable as soon as you open the hood but if it dosen't bother you that's all that matters.
if you got to cut my car to get to where you need to be? You don't need to be doing what you're doing to my car. Please the love of God go to a real mechanic if you want the job done right. Otherwise you got this guy cutting in your car because he don't know how to do it otherwise goddamn
I am not sure, but I had a 2004 and it was the same body style so I would imagine it probably would, just remember it's not the right way but it worked great for me.
This is not the way the evaporator is serviced on this vehicle. Never cut your car unless you are looking to cut corners. Pulle the dash and the the the entire heater air box, its easier.
Thanks a million for this very informative post. I was able to knock out this task with no problems thanks to you buddy. Keep sharing your DIY knowledge it is very appreciated.
Stay safe
Wow thanks man that might be the best comment I have had to date I am so glad it was able to help you out !
that's a lot of hacking to avoid removing wheel well plastic washer bottle blower resistor and 6 bolts for the whole box.
Great Video! I have a 2000 Town Car leaking that I think is in the evaporator. This is a big help!
Thanks for the video, sir. You've convinced me to not replace my evaporator.
You are welcome, for whatever reason glad it helped.
You convinced him not to cut all the metal, but when his evaporator goes out, he will be convinced to cut it to get his AC working
@@miguelmaldonado9881
Thanks for the reply Miguel, I'm not sure why he is convinced but I will say in Florida without air conditioning the car is almost worthless to me so you are correct!, thanks for your comment.
Love it part one and two. Once you close the hood who's gonna know you cut anything. All they going to know is how cold the A.C. is....
Yes sir buddy! Exactly
You cut part of the car to get the evaporator out lmao 🤣
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Gracias por tu información thank you so much. They were charged me six hundred to fix just that where do you buy your parts
Ebay and Amazon
i did ours in 45min. the shop wanted 4.5hrs. LOL!
That's what I'm talking about......
My favorite hack/cut of sheet metal was from years ago when I saw the aftermath of a DIYer pulling a VW Bug engine out from the top - it looked like the dude used a big can opener to get the body sheet metal out of the way of a partially stripped down engine - what a mess! It was so mangled that I just cut off the rear body section and grafted in a replacement. No car design is perfect, Lincoln laid an egg where a few simple design changes should have been made. Removing or dropping the inner fender liner is not hard. But if you are working on a rusty roachy old Town Car - then cut/hack with abandon!
A little bit more involved than an 03 Grand Marquis that I had to replace the evaporator on. I remember that I had to remove the wheel and fender liner and had lots of room. after that, I was able to split the evaporator housing in half and then after the replacement was put in I put black RTV and it was hardly noticeable. it came out very clean.
On the Town Car, you're not able to split the Evaporator housing in half, so, to do it correctly the whole evaporator core housing needs to be removed. at least it separates from the heater core side so it might be possible to loosen it and let it hang a bit to have room for the evap to slide out and in while clearing the sheet metal. as long as the wheel and fender liner is removed, expose all the room to be able to do the job somewhat properly.
Dang, I hope I never have to do this, but my OCD self knows deep down that I'll be doing it the hard way if the time comes. I hate that.
Thanks for your comment midas, well at least it's outside where you don't have to pull the dash out, I hope yours keeps working good👍
@@DoubleTroubleGarage Thanks!
I can’t find a video for the radiator anywhere
@@jeremyburkholder5715 well, I would like to clean mine out, what are you wanting to do with it?
dont you normally take the part out through the interior, under the dash etc...
No, not for this car, every car is different.
You need go on the inside under the dash and loosen that evaporator core case from the firewall and then it'll come forward enough to where you don't have to use metal shears... Really dude??
Now that's going to rust where you cut you don't use metal shears when you can't get evap core out like that come on man....
Quite surprised you did something like that. Years ago Ford had a commercial (quality is job one) I think you missed that commercial.
No disrespect ment my friend I'm just trying to get you back on the rails.
It's a $500.00 Car nothing to get so serious about, but thanks for the comment!
@@DoubleTroubleGarage $500 car or $20,000 car it's just the wrong way to do it that was the core of my point....$500 or $50 car doesn't justify doing it like a hack job..... But I do enjoy your videos nonetheless.
@@DoubleTroubleGarage a 2006 lincoln town car is far from a $500 car
@@ben_9545
That's just what I paid for it, thanks for the comment 👍
@@ben_9545 boutta say
great video, I have a 2003 Town Car, gonna give it a try.
by the way, with all of that out of the way, can you easily reach the HVAC blend door actuator motor , they tend to go bad at about 10-12 years, and the dash needs to come off to get at it. But if it could be reached with all of that stuff out of the way, then even if it was not bad at the time, its only $50 for a new one. anyway, great video, and hope you can give me the part number. Thanks.
Thanks for the comment. No, you can not reach any blend door actuators from the outside, but check out my other videos where I replace one with just a glove box removal, easy.
Thank you for sharing!
Just wondering is that the only way to replace it 🤔? or the easiest way?
Thank you!
It is NOT the only way nor is it the "Proper way" but this was the easiest way.
Lincoln should have made it possible to change it this way without the cutting, I am not going to say I recommend that anyone do the evaporator change this way but I would do it the same way again and again.
Thank you for replying back!
you are right! It is a stupid design and I don't really see any other way to do it.
and I know this can't be the way to do this job but I agree with you that this is the short cut to get it out. I suppose 😆!
Thanks again!
I believe the "intended" way is to remove the wheel and the plastic liner (guessing?), but that is probably worse. Seems like that whole plastic box containing the evaporator should have "accessible" fasteners, disconnect the lines and move the whole box toward the front of the car and the up and out. That whole area there by the fire wall and wiper/water run off near the windshield is a total "Cluster F'k" that "Ford & Cousins" designed - with the water leaks from a "foam" gasket and the inability to access the ac makes it a train wreck. It is a shame because for the most part, it is a fairly reliable vehicle but because of these repairs (if you are not a DIYer) the cars end up in the salvage yard because it does not make economic sense to repair them.
Thank you for showing the condition of the old one and the office tube. I was not sure what color my 06 required. But I guess they just use the red motorcraft one.
I don't rely on what the auto parts store says, I always remove mine then buy what color I need.
Thanks for your comment,,,,,,,,
@@DoubleTroubleGarage they make one thats a different color for over 105 degrees its like 40 buck's
Oh god don’t cut that cowl up. Remove the fender liner and separate the case like you’re supposed to.
Hi does your lincoln have a musty moldy smell and when you're on highway speed will the cooling kinda stop being cold enough I've had that problem with my 2003 and my 2 2004 lincoln town cars
To answer your question first, NO. It sounds to me like you are low in freon because when your compressor cycles you can get that musty smell along with warmer air or if your air is charged fully it may be your cycling switch.
Hope this helps.
I am horrified by this. I guess if you have an old clunker a few months out from being a demolition derby car this is fine. Maybe I'm just thinking of my pristine garage kept '04 with only 115K miles on it. But....I guess if you have an old clunker.....
Could you please put a link to that electric metal saw?? I've never seen one like that..
Thanks
They are metal shears, its made by Dewalt They were purchased at Home Depot, Mine are old now they are 18 Volt they have 20 Volt now.
They also have one that connects to your drill or driver, I apologize I don't know how to send a link on here.....
Can you help me figure out my 2004 Lincoln town car rack n pinion?
What are you trying to figure out......
Great Video! how did you come to the conclusion that you needed to replace the evaporator core?
It's a ford,,,, Ha ha but no I have replaced more ford evaporators than any other.
I Bought a cheap "sniffer" from Amazon, the way you test is to close all the dash vents except for one place the sniffer in the open one, with the fan on low speed turn the key on and if the sniffer goes from a tick to a growl you got your culprit.
@@DoubleTroubleGarage I was told that the evaporator is "probably" the problem with my 2004 Towncar. Which sniffer did you buy from Amazon? I see some for $20 and others $150. Will the $20 one detect freon?
@@Menyou1962 I bought the cheapest one on Amazon and it worked great, I don't know how Ling it will last but it's still going strong. Be sure to have your blower fan on low let your car sit for a while or overnight close all vents except for one stick the sniffer in the open one and turn on the key to accessorie where the fan comes on and see if you get a growl, it won't be a long one but if you get a hit there should be NO freon coming from your vents.
@@Menyou1962 you can get a black light and shine it on the water coming from your ac box, all 2001 and up vehciles have uv dye in the refrigerant.
I stopped watching as soon as he started cutting up the car. If you’re not gonna show people the right way, you shouldn’t be making these videos.
Why cant you cut plastic on both sides of evap. housing pull toward front of car after install fabricate some brackets to hold peice you cut out fill cracks with plumbers putty it looks like it woul d work on my t car sounds better than cutting the metal. I will look at my t car see if theres clearance. Maybe leave lines on and disconnect front of lines . I will check my t car again to see if it will work hopefully.
I would think that there would not be enough room but there just might be, let me know how it goes but if you do I will tell you one thing, it will be very noticeable as soon as you open the hood but if it dosen't bother you that's all that matters.
if you got to cut my car to get to where you need to be? You don't need to be doing what you're doing to my car. Please the love of God go to a real mechanic if you want the job done right. Otherwise you got this guy cutting in your car because he don't know how to do it otherwise goddamn
I thank everyone for their comments, pro or con.
@@DoubleTroubleGarage you can't argue with kindness, in a pinch you'll do
Would this work for a 2004 Lincoln Towncar?
I am not sure, but I had a 2004 and it was the same body style so I would imagine it probably would, just remember it's not the right way but it worked great for me.
@@DoubleTroubleGarage My guy said dash would need to come out, but I'm gonna show him your video
Why would you hack up your car like this
This is not the way the evaporator is serviced on this vehicle. Never cut your car unless you are looking to cut corners. Pulle the dash and the the the entire heater air box, its easier.