revenge240

That heater core works fine(I bought and used the same one), but like I said in one of my previous posts, the inlet nipple doesn?t have a control valve on it like the original factory heater core does, and no aftermarket heater core out there, does either.. As some have noted, it?ll still work, but you?ll have hot coolant always flowing through your heater core, so it?ll add radiant heat to your cabin when you might not want it. That said, adding an inline control valve on the inlet hose would be an ingenious fix, but you?d have to remember to activate it, or somehow wire it in to the mechanical pull wire, but that?s beyond my scope.

As an update: after a couple more test drives, the JB weld ended up cracking and it leaked a bit. Thankfully, it was all from the outside of the car so dash removal wasn?t necessary(but I?m actually confident I could pull the dash in less than 2 hours now haha). This time, I pulled the plastic barb and nipple end out, applied some JB Weld Plastic Bonder around the barb itself, and put it back in. That should create a much better positive seal than the barb alone.
I?ve already test driven it twice with heater on and so far so good, but I?ll obviously update again if I experience any issues.

Thanks everyone!