Help with my heatercore

quiksilver9531

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I'm having a difficult time with this any stangers in the Brick, NJ area willing to help me out?

 

afast93stang

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Read this and print...

http://www.mustangmonthly.com/howto/5652/index.html

Ive done this a by myself a few times, no biggie.

 

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That's the one I followed. My dash is still off as I'm planning on dying it black. If you need some specific help or explainations let me know. I can take some pics for you.

 

quiksilver9531

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I was doing it all day..and it wasnt really going how i would have liked and I was ready to start throwing ****..so i called it a night..so right now i have the dash hanging off..and just pretty much a mess...i'll see what i can do tomorrow....id really like some help with it tho..this is my first time doing it and i really under estimated how involved it was...

 

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v8only

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i've got a super, super kick ass article I wrote myself with lots of color pics, check it out

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

 

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blk92stangg

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Hey V8, that is kick ass dude-kudos!! Only thing is that I believe 88 and later model Fox's set up require full dashboard removal for the heater core and ac condenser to be accessible. It sucks no doubt.

 

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v8only

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actually, that article is with the entire dash removed. I wasnt' thinking when I yanked the dash,as I wasnt thinking tech article at that stage. This heater core swap is NO different than the 87-93 cars. We did a heater core swap on my bro's 88 notch, and it was identical to the tech article I just posted, once you get past the dash, all ac equipped foxes are the same.

 

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blk92stangg

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Ah, my bad dude, I don't know where I got the idea that earlier Fox's had an easier time for ac and heatercore change. I would have bet my first creditcard purchased Vortech on too.

 

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v8only

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The early foxs with no air conditioning are a sinch, as you can do it through the glove box.

however, if you've got an early fox with air, the whole dash has to come out, no way around it.

 

afast93stang

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To do my 93 I just swing the dash out a little so I can get to the H/VAc unit and like in the article I posted you dont have to touch the A/C. Ive done it many times this way.

 

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quiksilver9531 said:

I'm having a difficult time with this any stangers in the Brick, NJ area willing to help me out?

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maybe try the northeast regional forums? i know there's some NJ guys that hang around in there.

on another note, it's not all that bad if you break up the work over a couple days. that's what i did, had it all back together within the week and it was my first time doing the job. good luck man.

 

quiksilver9531

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yea your right red- i was getting stressed out and I'm sure when the weather gets nice again and im relaxed again it will go smoother...you know how it is..when you feel like breaking anything within 2 ft of u...but yea blk92stangg that is a nice guide..thanks alot man, Im gonna try and work on it on monday, im having one of my friends that works at this mechanic with me help me out... its hard to do it by yourself...anyway thanks again guys

also blk92stangg, you have aim or aol? so i can talk to u thru that if i need more help?

 

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blk92stangg

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V8- that's what I must have been thinking about. Thanks for that tidbit, it was kinda bugging me for a while.