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After finding ourselves a nice pre-owned VW Polo we take a look under the bonnet.
What we are after is the box directly under the passenger side wiper root. Looking
carefully towards the back of this you can just pick out the two retaining clips.
This is all that holds the heatercore and blower securely to the car!
Here is the most delicate part of the whole process, hacking through the two
rubber hoses connected to the heatercore. It is extremely quick to do this part,
I was through each pipe in about 5 seconds! Next there is a blue cable running
back into the cabin. Take your pliers/sidecutters and use the cutter part to
neatly snip off the cable, or if you feel that a more elegant solution suits
your character its a simple task to unclip it from the heatercore valve. Now
the fun bit, take your "Fine Adjustment Device" (AKA hammer) and tap
the locking clips towards the outside edges of the heater assembly. A few gentle
persuasive blows and the clips ping gratifyingly around the engine bay (make
sure your eyes are protected for this stage).
Once the second clip goes flying, you just need to pull off any wires still
attached and start pulling the whole assembly out. There may well be a few more
bits and bobs on the polo you choose, but its a simple task to clear a way out!
Now you have two options, take the lot as it is with an integral 12 volt blower,
or go on to the next and final stage. This again features my best buddy Mr F.A.D.
