im a pretty fast worker... my biggest problem with DIY work for me is i ALWAYS have random screws and bolts and **** laying around, i usually just laugh it off like "haha weight reduction!"

 

use the atricle that ryan_89_mustang showed you. thats the one i used. it took me 4hrs to do it by myself. and it was my first time ever doing it. just take ur time and organize the screws. when it gets to the plastic part where the heater core is you gotta use some force to get that deep socket in there to hold it open. but other than that its easy. just remember leave the center screw in and take ALL the other ones out b 4 you remove that one as the dash is pretty heavy. i forgot to take one of the ones under the steering column out and i took the middle one out and i had some trouble getting it back up to put that screw back so i could take the one i forgot out (if that makes sense to you) just read that article and reference back to it when needed. good luck

 

in my 85,i cut a hole in the firewall and made a spring like flap so if i needed to change it again

 

I'm starting to smell coolant when my heater is runnin looks like i'll be changing my heater core soon also

 

hmmm on 50resto there are two heat cores, one says w/ A/C other says w/o A/C, my A/C system is all there but it does not work and i want to rip it all out, would it be okay to run the non a/c core till i can rip all the a/c **** out??

 

BYPASS IT!!!

 

okay guys i started this project thursday... 4 hours later i had the dash dropped and was ready to take the core out... 1 hour spent friday scratching my head and *** how to keep the black box open so i can yank teh core... finally becoming so fustrated i took a pair of plyers and ripped the cover into pieces... that was all in an hours time...spent about an hour today got the new heater core in and connected and i got heat...

my problem now is that the box cover is in pieces, anything i can use to throw over the heater core? cardboard? tape? i got a "modular" box in my room i could mayyybe cut up and just tape the **** out of it. any one ever do this lol...

 

[sm=WTFsgign.gif]?????? to my knowledge there are only 4 screws that hold the cover on for the heater core??? never been an issue for me so I don't know what to tell you

 

also remember to flush the coolant as it can cause accelerated wear on the cooling system(heater core etc) from electrolysis

 

well i only found two screws but whats done is done, i have heat now lol...

having a problem with the dashboard not bolting up the right way i gott work on it wedssoo we'll see wat happens...