and now the heater core..a 85

[billison]

on , on the list of things i now gotta change is my heater core, i pulled one of the pipes right of it"oops" anyway, is it gonna be hard in a 85? and untill i can do it can i bypass it?

 

[Graydon5oh]

if im remembering right u got lucky having a 85 al u have to do is drop the glove box and move a panel

 

[R2D2]

if the 85 has factory A/C you need to pull the whole dashboard, if it doesnt you can get it from the glove box

 

[billison]

why would the ac make suck a bid change? and how do i bypass it till i change it,

 

[Graydon5oh]

duust put the hoses together

 

[Roland69]

is an 88 without A/C just as easy

 

[mattmcdan]

I just did my 86GT with A/C and you have to pull the dash out to get to all the bolts and to be able to drop the unit out. You also have to discharge the A/C unit if your A/C works. It is a pain in the arse, but there is no way around it.

I have some pictures of my dash out too if you wanna see.

 

[speedytang]

All Fox bodies are the same.
A/C Remove Dash and 8+hrs a beginner is done.
NON-A/C remove glove box door and 15 min your done.

 

[wazazzle]

if im remembering right u got lucky having a 85 al u have to do is drop the glove box and move a panel

are you kidding me? you lucky sob. i remember having to pull the entire dash off, then in the mist of all that decided to rewire my dash, and remove my entire ac syst, took me a good 2wks before it was finished.

 

[8950HO]

It can be done without discharging the AC if it`s still working.

Bend the accumulator mounting brackets forward for the extra clearance.
www.50stangs.com has an article on this done on a 86 GT with AC.

I`ve replaced two on my 89 with AC over the years and it`s a major pita.

 

[v8only]

thanks for the link post 8950ho, that's my site

http://www.50stangs.com/techarticles/heatercore.html

there is the actual link. It doesn't go through dash removal, but that's the easy part. You can actually just unbolt the dash and swing it down out of the way, no need to unwire the entire thing.

the non a/c cars have an entirely different heater box on the firewall, hence the easier access and different removal procedure.

 

[billison]

i do not want to remove my dash!!!!!!!!!!

 

[v8only]

welcome to the world of old car ownership. Wear a jacket