Steering wheel and heater core

crazybronco · 04-27-2012, 02:35 PM

I have an 83 and want to swap the steering wheel. Can I use the latter pre airbag steering wheel in my truck with no mods?
Also, how hard is the heater core to swap out. Does it come out through the engine side or interior?
Thanks

Hagan · 04-27-2012, 06:01 PM

The heater core is very very simple. I was 16 years old when I did mine and I can't remember everything but I remember all you basically have to do is unhook the hoses on the heater core from the engine bay (2 hoses)...easy to spot on the passenger side firewall...and you have to remove the glove box and you should be able to get to it. Its very easy to do.

**adsm08** · 04-27-2012, 06:06 PM

You don't even have to remove the glove box.

Hagan · 04-27-2012, 06:51 PM

^Thanks I couldn't quite remember!

**adsm08** · 04-29-2012, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Hagan

^Thanks I couldn't quite remember!

I can't specifically remember how to do it, but I know that I did my heater core about 4 1/2 years ago and I never took my glove box out until last spring when I did a dash swap.

**Mark_88** · 04-30-2012, 08:32 AM

I took my glove box out but didn't have too...it was easier to see what I was doing but not necessary...

The steering wheel is pretty straight forward too...if you're using the same model year with the same options there should be no problem at all...

crazybronco · 04-30-2012, 02:04 PM

OK, thanks, I will let you know how it turns out.

**AllanD** · 05-15-2012, 11:31 PM

It usually takes me more time to find my bottle opener so I can open an imported beer
than it does to change out my heater core.

AD

04-27-2012, 02:35 PM	#1
crazybronco Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Roy Washington Year: 1983 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 2.3l Class: 2wd Used For: driver/hauler Posts: 36 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	Steering wheel and heater core I have an 83 and want to swap the steering wheel. Can I use the latter pre airbag steering wheel in my truck with no mods? Also, how hard is the heater core to swap out. Does it come out through the engine side or interior? Thanks __________________ 1983 Ranger XLT 2.3L 4 speed 2wd
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04-27-2012, 06:01 PM	#2
Hagan Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Salem, OR Year: 1986 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 2.3 Class: 4x4 Used For: causing headaches Posts: 591 Rep Power: 10 iTrader: (1)	The heater core is very very simple. I was 16 years old when I did mine and I can't remember everything but I remember all you basically have to do is unhook the hoses on the heater core from the engine bay (2 hoses)...easy to spot on the passenger side firewall...and you have to remove the glove box and you should be able to get to it. Its very easy to do. __________________ 1986 Ranger 2.3t -Turbo'd/SAS'd - FW HP D44, FW 8.8, 5.13's, Spartan lockers, 1 ton steering, EB 4.5" WildHorses Springs, Chevy 63's, Extended radius arms, 35" Mickey Thompson Baja Claw TTC's...
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04-27-2012, 06:51 PM	#4
Hagan Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Salem, OR Year: 1986 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 2.3 Class: 4x4 Used For: causing headaches Posts: 591 Rep Power: 10 iTrader: (1)	^Thanks I couldn't quite remember! __________________ 1986 Ranger 2.3t -Turbo'd/SAS'd - FW HP D44, FW 8.8, 5.13's, Spartan lockers, 1 ton steering, EB 4.5" WildHorses Springs, Chevy 63's, Extended radius arms, 35" Mickey Thompson Baja Claw TTC's...
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04-30-2012, 08:32 AM	#6
Mark_88 Einstein I'm NOT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Uxbridge, Ontario Year: 1988 Make: Ford Model: Multi-year Ranger Engine: 2.3 Carbureted Class: 2wd Used For: Space travel Posts: 13,404 Rep Power: 76 iTrader: (0)	I took my glove box out but didn't have too...it was easier to see what I was doing but not necessary... The steering wheel is pretty straight forward too...if you're using the same model year with the same options there should be no problem at all... __________________ Rome and my Ranger were not built in a day...
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04-30-2012, 02:04 PM	#7
crazybronco Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Roy Washington Year: 1983 Make: Ford Model: Ranger Engine: 2.3l Class: 2wd Used For: driver/hauler Posts: 36 Rep Power: 9 iTrader: (0)	OK, thanks, I will let you know how it turns out. __________________ 1983 Ranger XLT 2.3L 4 speed 2wd
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05-15-2012, 11:31 PM	#8
AllanD RBV Technical Advisor Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: East-Central Pennsylvania Year: 1987... sorta Make: Ford Model: Ranger Supercab Engine: '93 4.0 Class: 4x4 Used For: Roadtrip Warrior Posts: 7,168 Rep Power: 47 iTrader: (18)	It usually takes me more time to find my bottle opener so I can open an imported beer than it does to change out my heater core. AD __________________ Gun Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun.
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