heater core replacement

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heater core replacement

January 08, 2005, 04:23:28 PM

would anyone know how to change a heater core in a 86 bird?

Re: heater core replacement

Reply #1 – January 08, 2005, 04:38:48 PM

Its a fairly big ordeal in these cars. Check out the website http://www.coolcats.net . Look in the TECH section for heater core replacesment. The website is ran by one of the moderators of this board, Ericcoolcats.

Re: heater core replacement

Reply #2 – January 08, 2005, 05:55:44 PM

alright thanks

Re: heater core replacement

Reply #3 – January 09, 2005, 08:17:44 PM

It's a big job,but not a hard one.Mostly just time consuming.

Re: heater core replacement

Reply #4 – January 09, 2005, 09:43:51 PM

this is one of them times i wish i had my Z28 back.
The 83 cougar is not to bad but what was ford thinking when they did there heater systoms.

Re: heater core replacement

Reply #5 – January 09, 2005, 10:31:42 PM

I just installed mine and it's really not that bad. The only difference from the instructions on cool cats was that my 4 bolts holding the steering column up were 9/16 instead of 5/8. Good Luck.