new cars may be marvels of modern technology, but..

[Cam99]

I just changed the heater core in the 83 in about 20 minutes, start to finish. Something to be said for simplicity:)

[juice_man_86]

How...you have to pull the dash to drop the heater box to remove the lid

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[Dan B.]

Did the Ranger last summer in about the same amount of time!

[Cam99]

How...you have to pull the dash to drop the heater box to remove the lid

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Maybe cause no a/c?? Not sure but all I had to do was take two screws out of the glove box door hinge and take door off. Behind it there was a cover with five 8mm bolts in it. Under the cover there was the heater core. The only problem is the blower doesnt run. Never checked it because i knew the heater core was bypassed. Lol. Now i have to fix that

[juice_man_86]

Oh...never actually had a no a/c foxbody car

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[Martin0660]

Yep, only with the non AC cars however. The early cars with AC are just as big of a PITA. It took me 25 minutes to do my Capri because the ignition box is mouthed in front of the door.

[speedracer]

I can change the heater core in my 89 F450 (with AC) in the same 20 minutes.

[gpfarrell]

I did one on my '85 GT when I was in college. It might have taken less than 3 days if I drank less than a case a beer doing it! Oh, A/C car.

[blizzard]

and it has those cool vent pulls in the bottom corners under the dash.. i wish i had kept my 83

[Zoom50]

Had to change the heater core twice in my old 87 Mustang. It was no easier the 2nd time and I swore I would never do it myself again. Not fun!

[Mark Aubele]

A/C cars are easy. Pull glovebox door, punch a hole in the heater box, change core, tape (use GOOD tape) over hole. No one can see just how ghetto of a fix it is, and you save yourself like 4 days of your life. And make sure you put a restrictor in (old socket in the line going in works well) or you will be replacing it again.

[Terminated]

Awesome. Took me 4 hrs to do one in my Beretta back in the day.

[Cam99]

I cut one out of the front of the firewall on an old chevy truck I had in my youth to change it, lol. I'm not proud but it worked!