Heater Core

you can actually do it in less than 12 hours.my brother just did his in his 88 turbo coupe last weekend.it was his first attempt at a job like this.he did it in less than 6 hours without my help.you do need to remove the console and drop the steering column.there's less than 10 bolts you need to remove to take out the dash assembly.you don't need to remove the dash completely out of the car or remove the heater box out of the either.all you need to do is loosen the box and pull it in the car enough to get the lid off of the box.do use a ford heater core,my brother got his for $48 from ford even though the counter man said it was discontinued until he punched in the # i gave him.i've did the heater core in my 88 lx about 2 years ago and it's very similar to the t-bird r&r instructions.

Its not a horrible job. I did it mostly by myself, just takes a while.

The worst part I had was when you have to remove the lower bolt on the blower.

Also make sure you replace the silicone.

ratrapp2 said:

you can actually do it in less than 12 hours.

Click to expand...

Less than 12 hrs being good? I've done mine in under 8 hrs. I don't remeber exactly how long it took, but I think it was closer to 6 hrs.
You don't have to pull the dash out of the car, just pull it back. Once you get the 4 screws off the top of the heater box, it is all down hill from there.
PS: it goes faster when you leave the beer for when you are done.

i know you can do it quicker than 12 hours.i was only quoting crovax saying it takes 11-13 hours.some people are just faster than others.i did mine in less than 6 hours and so did my brother.