I just got my 2002 se back from the shop with a new engine and was told the upper stem to the heater element is broken and it's $650 to replace. After dropping $ 5.5K on the rebuild, transmission service, brakes, etc. I went with keeping the heater element out of the loop for now (which is only going to be okay for another month our so). Then I was switching out the hepa filter and it looked like the heater element was just to the right of the hepa filter. Would love to save a little cash, has anyone replaced there heater element or have an idea of how hard it is; a how-to would be great?

Thanks