Reply to "Changing Expansion Valve & Cracked the Evaporator Tube!"

It IS possible to remove the squirrel-cage blower system without pulling the dash, but that won't gain you any access. If you try anyway, study the exploded view in the black illustrated parts manual first because there are three mounting screws- two of which cannot be seen and one cannot be felt.

Pulling the dash is easy- there are only a half-dozen screws. Putting it back is where the time & effort is spent. Look on www. PanteraPlace.com, or in the illustrated light-blue-cover supplement to see how its done. Most of my efforts on removing & refilling a two-pod dash were in getting the wiring reconnected. The second time, I found the dash does not actually need to be completely removed. Just move the passenger side up & out of the way and you can pull the heater/AC evaporator box out (4 screws). Once its out and your cracked fitting fixed or replaced, reseal the box with duct tape and plumbers putty, and figure on replacing the two foam doughnuts that 'seal' the box to the dash openings. They are always disintegrated, which impacts A/C efficiency. You can make them with scissors & 1" foam or the vendors have them for sale cheap. The final result will be an A/C that likely works better than before.