Southern3.0
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- Aug 6, 2007
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- Location
- New Port Nowhere FL
- Vehicle Year
- '96
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3, what a turd...
- Transmission
- Manual
So I finally got around to changing my heater core today. There's really nothing to hard about changing it out, but it's a real pain in the ass. The write up in the tech Library describes it as a nightmare, I'd say time consuming is more like it, it took me about 4 hrs.
The write up in the library is a huge help, there are a few steps that you don't need to do though, you don't need to pull the steering wheel from the column but the column dose need to come out, the gauge cluster and trim around it can stay, and I suggest pulling the steering column before trying to pry apart the big plug monster in the drivers foot area.
I think the hardest part was the nut holding the heater box to firewall right above the tranny and behind the engine. Over all its not that hard of a job, so if you need to replace yours and not sure if you can do it, its not that bad just be ready to spend some time working on it.
The write up in the library is a huge help, there are a few steps that you don't need to do though, you don't need to pull the steering wheel from the column but the column dose need to come out, the gauge cluster and trim around it can stay, and I suggest pulling the steering column before trying to pry apart the big plug monster in the drivers foot area.
I think the hardest part was the nut holding the heater box to firewall right above the tranny and behind the engine. Over all its not that hard of a job, so if you need to replace yours and not sure if you can do it, its not that bad just be ready to spend some time working on it.