Replacing a heater matrix
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Hi guys, Just wondering if anyones ever replaced a heater matrix on a car, got my mate coming up on Sunday and we're gonna tackle mine. He's done a couple before but was just thinking is there anything to look out for? Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit! Its a Peugeot 106 we're working on. Got the week off work incase we screw it up :)
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Hi guys, Just wondering if anyones ever replaced a heater matrix on a car, got my mate coming up on Sunday and we're gonna tackle mine. He's done a couple before but was just thinking is there anything to look out for? Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit! Its a Peugeot 106 we're working on. Got the week off work incase we screw it up :)
No one can be told what the matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.
Simon
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Hi guys, Just wondering if anyones ever replaced a heater matrix on a car, got my mate coming up on Sunday and we're gonna tackle mine. He's done a couple before but was just thinking is there anything to look out for? Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit! Its a Peugeot 106 we're working on. Got the week off work incase we screw it up :)
senorbadger wrote:
Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit!
Isn't the airbag in the cabin, whereas the heater matrix is in the engine bay?
senorbadger wrote:
is there anything to look out for?
Getting the relevant Haynes manual? If you drail the coolant, don't forget the anti-freeze / rust inhibitor. Whatever you do, don't refill it with plain tap water!
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Hi guys, Just wondering if anyones ever replaced a heater matrix on a car, got my mate coming up on Sunday and we're gonna tackle mine. He's done a couple before but was just thinking is there anything to look out for? Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit! Its a Peugeot 106 we're working on. Got the week off work incase we screw it up :)
If you need to screw with the airbag to do the repair it's not something you should be doing under your shadetree. If you screw anything up the first sign you'll have of a problem is either when it fires unintentionally requiring upwards of $1k to replace; or worse when you're in a serious accident and it *DOESN'T* fire leaving you/your passenger to slam forward unimpeded.
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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senorbadger wrote:
Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit!
Isn't the airbag in the cabin, whereas the heater matrix is in the engine bay?
senorbadger wrote:
is there anything to look out for?
Getting the relevant Haynes manual? If you drail the coolant, don't forget the anti-freeze / rust inhibitor. Whatever you do, don't refill it with plain tap water!
Electron Shepherd wrote:
Getting the relevant Haynes manual?
<shiver>Urg!</shiver> I think I may have put this here before, but heh ho: How to read a Haynes manual... Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. Haynes: This is a snug fit. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: This is a tight fit. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a hammer. Haynes: As described in Chapter 7... Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start. Now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox. Haynes: Pry... Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into... Haynes: Undo... Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (giant economy size). Haynes: Retain tiny spring... Translation: PINGGGG - "Where the hell did that go?" Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb... Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part (and maybe a plaster or two). Haynes: Lightly... Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: Weekly checks... Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it. Haynes: Routine maintenance... Translation: If it isn't broken, it's about to be. We warned you... Haynes: One spanner rating. Translation: An infant could do this... so how did you manage to **** it up? Haynes: Two spanner rating. Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, teensy weensy number... but you also thought the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you). Haynes: Three spanner rating. Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days. Haynes: Four spanner rating. Translation: You're not seriously considering this are you? Haynes: Five spanner rating. Translation: OK - but don't ever carry your loved ones in it again. Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this... Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Haynes: Compress... Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it, throw it at the garage wall, then find some molegrips and a hammer... Haynes: Inspect... Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare i
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Electron Shepherd wrote:
Getting the relevant Haynes manual?
<shiver>Urg!</shiver> I think I may have put this here before, but heh ho: How to read a Haynes manual... Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. Haynes: This is a snug fit. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: This is a tight fit. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a hammer. Haynes: As described in Chapter 7... Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start. Now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox. Haynes: Pry... Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into... Haynes: Undo... Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (giant economy size). Haynes: Retain tiny spring... Translation: PINGGGG - "Where the hell did that go?" Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb... Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part (and maybe a plaster or two). Haynes: Lightly... Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: Weekly checks... Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it. Haynes: Routine maintenance... Translation: If it isn't broken, it's about to be. We warned you... Haynes: One spanner rating. Translation: An infant could do this... so how did you manage to **** it up? Haynes: Two spanner rating. Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, teensy weensy number... but you also thought the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you). Haynes: Three spanner rating. Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days. Haynes: Four spanner rating. Translation: You're not seriously considering this are you? Haynes: Five spanner rating. Translation: OK - but don't ever carry your loved ones in it again. Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this... Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Haynes: Compress... Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it, throw it at the garage wall, then find some molegrips and a hammer... Haynes: Inspect... Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare i
Ah, those were they days. Just me, my Datsun 140Y, and my Haynes manual. My Renault 5 as well for that matter. I had some jobs last days.
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Hi guys, Just wondering if anyones ever replaced a heater matrix on a car, got my mate coming up on Sunday and we're gonna tackle mine. He's done a couple before but was just thinking is there anything to look out for? Worried about the air bag, seems to be the worst bit! Its a Peugeot 106 we're working on. Got the week off work incase we screw it up :)
Shows you what I know about air bags, I thought if you disconnect the electric that would solve the problem. I have not worked on cars for years because of the computer controls. Give me a 1960's vehicle, that way you can goof up big time and it still runs! :laugh: djj
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Electron Shepherd wrote:
Getting the relevant Haynes manual?
<shiver>Urg!</shiver> I think I may have put this here before, but heh ho: How to read a Haynes manual... Haynes: Rotate anticlockwise. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer anticlockwise. Haynes: This is a snug fit. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: This is a tight fit. Translation: Clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with a hammer. Haynes: As described in Chapter 7... Translation: That'll teach you not to read through before you start. Now you are looking at scary photos of the inside of a gearbox. Haynes: Pry... Translation: Hammer a screwdriver into... Haynes: Undo... Translation: Go buy a tin of WD40 (giant economy size). Haynes: Retain tiny spring... Translation: PINGGGG - "Where the hell did that go?" Haynes: Press and rotate to remove bulb... Translation: OK - that's the glass bit off, now fetch some good pliers to dig out the bayonet part (and maybe a plaster or two). Haynes: Lightly... Translation: Start off lightly and build up till the veins on your forehead are throbbing then clamp with molegrips then beat repeatedly with hammer. Haynes: Weekly checks... Translation: If it isn't broken don't fix it. Haynes: Routine maintenance... Translation: If it isn't broken, it's about to be. We warned you... Haynes: One spanner rating. Translation: An infant could do this... so how did you manage to **** it up? Haynes: Two spanner rating. Translation: Now you may think that you can do this because two is a low, teensy weensy number... but you also thought the wiring diagram was a map of the Tokyo underground (in fact that would have been more use to you). Haynes: Three spanner rating. Translation: Make sure you won't need your car for a couple of days. Haynes: Four spanner rating. Translation: You're not seriously considering this are you? Haynes: Five spanner rating. Translation: OK - but don't ever carry your loved ones in it again. Haynes: If not, you can fabricate your own special tool like this... Translation: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Haynes: Compress... Translation: Squeeze with all your might, jump up and down on it, throw it at the garage wall, then find some molegrips and a hammer... Haynes: Inspect... Translation: Squint at really hard and pretend you know what you are looking at, then declare i
We used to call it the Haynes book of fairytales but most of the above translations were applied at some point.
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Shows you what I know about air bags, I thought if you disconnect the electric that would solve the problem. I have not worked on cars for years because of the computer controls. Give me a 1960's vehicle, that way you can goof up big time and it still runs! :laugh: djj
