So on Sunday I buttoned up all the little details and was driving around making sure all was well for the daily commute this week. My friend and I heard something in the heater fan when I turned a corner and I immediately chalked it up to one of the balancing wieghts on the fan blades. I figured one had came off and it had settled to the bottom after being thrown out of the fan blades.
Fast forward to yesterday morning and 2/3 of the way through my commute: I turned a corner and heard the noise again but louder and more concerning this time.... Then, I hit a bump and WHAM! big clank and no heater! Yeah, it was the bracket that holds the heater core in place.
So at lunch time I went out and pulled the cover to find this of course! Fortunately it didnt damage the fan blades enough to cause any balance issues.
