TOTALLY EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! No "I already did this" or Staged Video or pre-loosened fasteners! When you do an Instruction video, to do it right you have to assume YOUR AUDIENCE KNOWS NOTHING and show all the steps. This is only the second video I have seen a 5 years that does it correctly. The other one is by DUDE WE CAN FIX IT for putting a transmission in an 01 S10. Thank you so much!!! PS: The last screw in the engine compartment that is inside the box, another video said they took a spade bit or drill bit, drilled a hole in the plastic box and took that screw out. I would put vaseline in the socket both times, but putting the screw back in with vaseline in the socket to hold it seems to work well. Last, just put a pice of plastic over the drilled hole with jb weld or plastic mender on whatever and it will be sealed up.
I had to take my dash off to replace a radio cable a while back, you make that task seem way less frustrating than it is lol. Thanks for the quick how-to, we need more part replacement vids like this on youtube
Thanks so much for this video. Best one I can find. I still ran into several issues that weren’t really covered or were too quickly glossed over. I have an ‘01 LT Blazer so mine seemed to be slightly different in areas. 1) the big passenger side wiring harness bundle behind the glove box was crazy hard to undo. I realized before separating it, you can slide it down out of the plastic holder by pushing in two tabs at the bottom and prying it at the top with a screwdriver until it comes loose, then loosen the center screw, use a really small screwdriver to take the blue connector locks out (they look like tiny hair picks) and then pry the two connector blocks apart. I had to pull really hard. 2) I realized there are two very low, pretty much impossible to reach bolts on the engine side UNDERNEATH the plastic housing (below that weirdly placed bolt that’s INSIDE the plastic housing). I didn’t realize this and ended up pulling hard on the blower/heater core housing and breaking the plastic where those two screws go into the housing on the inside. They sit to the left and right of the bolt below the glove box that you have to take out but you can’t really tell from the cabin side that that’s what they are unless you already know. Anyway, I was still able to secure the heater core/blower housing back to the firewall with just two bolts, the one on the inside below the glove box, right behind the carpet, and the top bolt next to the heater core hose tubes that sticks through the firewall that you secure with a nut on the engine side. The housing on the inside doesn’t move, so to hell with those other bolts! This is the dumbest design and bolt placement I’ve ever dealt with in my life. I hope newer Chevys aren’t this stupid and difficult.
Great video. I just put a new engine in, and can’t seem to get rid of a small coolant leak where the thermostat housing connects to the engine block. The gasket is new, as is every other component aside from the water pump. I figure the heater core is the only other place that could be causing that kind of pressure. I haven’t ever replaced it, so being 25 years old, I figure it’s time, and probably what’s causing my leak.
TOTALLY EXCELLENT VIDEO!!! No "I already did this" or Staged Video or pre-loosened fasteners! When you do an Instruction video, to do it right you have to assume YOUR AUDIENCE KNOWS NOTHING and show all the steps. This is only the second video I have seen a 5 years that does it correctly. The other one is by DUDE WE CAN FIX IT for putting a transmission in an 01 S10. Thank you so much!!! PS: The last screw in the engine compartment that is inside the box, another video said they took a spade bit or drill bit, drilled a hole in the plastic box and took that screw out. I would put vaseline in the socket both times, but putting the screw back in with vaseline in the socket to hold it seems to work well. Last, just put a pice of plastic over the drilled hole with jb weld or plastic mender on whatever and it will be sealed up.
I had to take my dash off to replace a radio cable a while back, you make that task seem way less frustrating than it is lol. Thanks for the quick how-to, we need more part replacement vids like this on youtube
Thanks so much for this video. Best one I can find. I still ran into several issues that weren’t really covered or were too quickly glossed over. I have an ‘01 LT Blazer so mine seemed to be slightly different in areas.
1) the big passenger side wiring harness bundle behind the glove box was crazy hard to undo. I realized before separating it, you can slide it down out of the plastic holder by pushing in two tabs at the bottom and prying it at the top with a screwdriver until it comes loose, then loosen the center screw, use a really small screwdriver to take the blue connector locks out (they look like tiny hair picks) and then pry the two connector blocks apart. I had to pull really hard.
2) I realized there are two very low, pretty much impossible to reach bolts on the engine side UNDERNEATH the plastic housing (below that weirdly placed bolt that’s INSIDE the plastic housing). I didn’t realize this and ended up pulling hard on the blower/heater core housing and breaking the plastic where those two screws go into the housing on the inside. They sit to the left and right of the bolt below the glove box that you have to take out but you can’t really tell from the cabin side that that’s what they are unless you already know.
Anyway, I was still able to secure the heater core/blower housing back to the firewall with just two bolts, the one on the inside below the glove box, right behind the carpet, and the top bolt next to the heater core hose tubes that sticks through the firewall that you secure with a nut on the engine side. The housing on the inside doesn’t move, so to hell with those other bolts!
This is the dumbest design and bolt placement I’ve ever dealt with in my life. I hope newer Chevys aren’t this stupid and difficult.
Great video. I just put a new engine in, and can’t seem to get rid of a small coolant leak where the thermostat housing connects to the engine block. The gasket is new, as is every other component aside from the water pump. I figure the heater core is the only other place that could be causing that kind of pressure. I haven’t ever replaced it, so being 25 years old, I figure it’s time, and probably what’s causing my leak.
Thank you for making this video. I just got a new dashboard out of a parts truck.
Is this the same process in an 99?
Excellent vid ... best I've seen yet
Did you have to drop the steering column down to remove the dash
Nice detail on all the different screws! Excellent video. Thanks .
Easy one right there 😮
Good video
My dash was cracked in multiple places. All I had to do was rip it off lol. I have a replacement ordered
You're still going to have to remove and install seven hundred 7mm screws. Is your new dash a new to you, or did you literally find a new dash?
Great video, where could I order a full dashboard for a 2000 Chevy S10.
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