Heater Core!

ujslost · November 11th, 2007, 10:04 AM

Well its come time to put a heater core in my 97 gt. I thought the damn thing would have lasted longer than 84k miles. Even though its a 10 year old car. This is not a task I look forward to doing.

TheUNZippee! · November 11th, 2007, 10:06 AM

ugh that's a crappy job man. Maybe take pics as you do it so people will have help on it for the future.

ujslost · November 11th, 2007, 10:11 AM

I thought about doing a write up on it.

TheUNZippee! · November 11th, 2007, 10:12 AM

That would rock

MustangMatt96GT · November 11th, 2007, 10:53 AM

Yea it would!

ujslost · November 11th, 2007, 11:06 AM

I will see what I can do. Might be a few days though. I gotta save up the $95 for the heater core. Thats for a ford motor craft part. I cant risk buying the $45 one from the parts stores, I have seen and heard horror stories about them lasting 1-2 years before taking a shit in the floor board again.

TheUNZippee! · November 11th, 2007, 11:07 AM

Nobody needs shit on their floorboards. Seriously.

MustangMatt96GT · November 11th, 2007, 11:09 AM

yeah! what does it completley intail?

G.T. Rags · November 11th, 2007, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by ujslost

Well its come time to put a heater core in my 97 gt. I thought the damn thing would have lasted longer than 84k miles. Even though its a 10 year old car. This is not a task I look forward to doing.

shit man, that sux balls. The writeup would be sick, and i had a heater core go out on me in my 5.0 years ago at like 60k. Car was 14 years old at the time. Sometimes shit happens

ujslost · November 18th, 2007, 09:52 AM

Well I got the heater core. And I have the dash pulled out. I was hopeing that I could get the heater core out without evacuating the ac system and removing the evaporator core housing behind the dash. No luck. So today I am gonna evac and remove the box.
Taking the dash out wasnt that bad at all. There are a few wiring harness' to disconnect in each of the kick panels and there is 1 hidden bolt on the drivers side and 1 hidden bolt on the passenger side. I will take pics of those as I start to put it back together.

ujslost · November 18th, 2007, 10:46 AM

ok ac evacuated, core box pulled out 2 more inches allowing me to raise the lid on the evap core box enough to slide the heater core out and not have to pull the entire box out, because it was being a bitch. slid the new core in and put the 2 8mm lid screws back on.

just keeping some notes here guys so i will have them when i do the write up.

tools set of metric 1/4inch drive deep and shallow sockets. 1/4 swivel. as many 1/4 extensions as you can get a hold of. 1 pry bar, set of fuel line disconnects, flashlight, and patience.

MustangMatt96GT · November 18th, 2007, 12:02 PM

sounds like lots of fun!

k2boarder3187 · November 18th, 2007, 12:48 PM

mine sucked so bad to do. here is a picture of the inside of my car, or lack there of, this is what you get to look forward to! haha click the pic

ujslost · November 18th, 2007, 06:59 PM

its done, and i did a write up on it check it out if you havent already

November 11th, 2007, 10:04 AM	#1
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	Heater Core! Well its come time to put a heater core in my 97 gt. I thought the damn thing would have lasted longer than 84k miles. Even though its a 10 year old car. This is not a task I look forward to doing. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

November 11th, 2007, 10:11 AM	#3
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	I thought about doing a write up on it. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

November 11th, 2007, 10:53 AM	#5
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	Yea it would! __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

November 11th, 2007, 11:06 AM	#6
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	I will see what I can do. Might be a few days though. I gotta save up the $95 for the heater core. Thats for a ford motor craft part. I cant risk buying the $45 one from the parts stores, I have seen and heard horror stories about them lasting 1-2 years before taking a shit in the floor board again. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

November 11th, 2007, 11:09 AM	#8
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	yeah! what does it completley intail? __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

November 18th, 2007, 09:52 AM	#10
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	Well I got the heater core. And I have the dash pulled out. I was hopeing that I could get the heater core out without evacuating the ac system and removing the evaporator core housing behind the dash. No luck. So today I am gonna evac and remove the box. Taking the dash out wasnt that bad at all. There are a few wiring harness' to disconnect in each of the kick panels and there is 1 hidden bolt on the drivers side and 1 hidden bolt on the passenger side. I will take pics of those as I start to put it back together. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

November 18th, 2007, 10:46 AM	#11
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	ok ac evacuated, core box pulled out 2 more inches allowing me to raise the lid on the evap core box enough to slide the heater core out and not have to pull the entire box out, because it was being a bitch. slid the new core in and put the 2 8mm lid screws back on. just keeping some notes here guys so i will have them when i do the write up. tools set of metric 1/4inch drive deep and shallow sockets. 1/4 swivel. as many 1/4 extensions as you can get a hold of. 1 pry bar, set of fuel line disconnects, flashlight, and patience. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

November 18th, 2007, 12:02 PM	#12
MustangMatt96GT Proud American 1996 Mustang GT Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lakewood, CO Posts: 10,689 iTrader: 3 reviews	sounds like lots of fun! __________________ RIP Travis Billings Special Thanks to: Andrews Racing Transmissions Baseline Suspensions 25.3 SFI Chassis Build Never Lift Racecars

November 18th, 2007, 12:48 PM	#13
k2boarder3187 Enthusiast EVO 8 @ 29psi Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: CT Posts: 515 iTrader: 0 reviews	mine sucked so bad to do. here is a picture of the inside of my car, or lack there of, this is what you get to look forward to! haha click the pic Attached Thumbnails __________________ 2003 EVO 8 The shop built motor, Precision 6262 w/.82 hotside, tial 44mm wg, Buschur RACE 4" FMIC, Kelford 272s etc 524whp @25psi on straight pump gas. 640whp@33psi Pump+meth Race gas number soon. TheShopCt.com

November 18th, 2007, 06:59 PM	#14
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	its done, and i did a write up on it check it out if you havent already __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

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