my heater core went out a few days ago. i took care of the problem temporarily, but i dont have a heater at the moment. (i'm from texas so it's not really that big of a deal for now) anyways, i wanted to know if anybody had tried to replace their heater core before because i really don't have the money to pay somebody to do it for me. somebody mentioned i might have to remove the dash? just curious if anybody had done this before, and if so, how much of a pain it was. thanks.

 

havent done it, but ya, you indeed must remove the dash to access the heater core. its basically a pit job because of the dash removal.

 

If you replace it let us know how it goes. I have to do mine too, not looking forward to it. How did you bypass yours? I took the hose from the waterpump and just connected it direcly to the intake manifold on mine. No heat right now, and its gonna be cold up here soon...

 

yea i did the same thing i just bought2 foot of hose and bypassed the heater core all together. i'm definately going to try to do it myself before i pay somebody to do it, so ill let yall know how it went when it's over. thanks for the feedback.

 

Just be thankful its not a C4 `Vette. On my `87, they basicly built the car around the heater core.[&:]