In typical fashion, I didn't take photos of the heater core replacement progress, but I had a fun learning moment when I realised the heater core I had ordered wasn't right on account of it being from a '96 model where apparently the line sizing was smaller. So another eBay order later and I had...
I'll anecdotally chime in and say I got to 209k I think, on my Pro5 before the teeth on the timing belt let go. I lost 9 teeth while sat idle in the college parking lot. And thankfully that's where I was. The belt held intact which was convenient.
I checked the belt prior to this as I was also...
Annnnnd boredom struck in the form of pulling the dash ahead of the weather getting too cold. All in all it took maybe 2 hours, having never done this before. One dastardly hidden Philips head held the driver's upper HVAC vent to a wiring loom, and that to the dash, so I may opt to ignore...