With help from my friend Carl I managed to get the glove box bracket off, which was blocking the heater control cables. I had given up breaking the screw loose and was setting up to drill when Carl happened by. He tried a left-handed drill bit (Snap-On) but it would not bite enough. Next he tried an easy out, but that would not hold. Finally we ended up drilling off the head.
With the support bracket out of the way I could get the RH side of the heater free, but the LH side refused to drop down. Eventually I realized that I had never disconnected the heater hoses. I loosened the clamps with a 6mm socket but the hoses refused to budge, so cut them off. One more thing to deal with in the future.
I had ten minutes left, but I decided to call it a day.
Not sure I want to bother putting the heater back in, because in Honolulu it is never used. But the heater is also the fresh air vent system, and without it the interior will be even stuffier than it is, especially in the rain. Maybe I can work out a simple substitute.
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