Has any one changed one or payed to have it done? Cost? Thanks
Heater Core
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, Nov 20 2004 03:28 PM
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Posted 20 November 2004 - 03:28 PM
My 78 bronco has working a/c and the heater core appears to be leaking.I used the leak stop stuff a couple years ago and got by untill now.So i looked in my motor manual to see what kind of project it is to replace it.manual says with a/c it is beyond the scope of the home Mechanic Has any one changed one or payed to have it done? Cost? Thanks
Has any one changed one or payed to have it done? Cost? Thanks
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Posted 21 November 2004 - 04:36 PM
All I can tell you is that I pulled a unit with a heater core and A/C core in it for a guy on the west coast about a year ago. It was a bitch of a job and a good thing it was in a junker. Good thing that truck didn't need to run again 
. that being said, it must be dooable since that guy did it. He said it was going to be a bitch getting it out and it was. However, if the shop mechanic can do it, you can too. It will be easier if you can find a shop manual that goes thru the proceedure. I just looked it up in my 83 shop manual and it would have been easier if I had done that for the 78 one I pulled.
Basically you have to disassemble the dash and remove the heater core cover , duct work, take apart the plenum that the A/C evaporator. There are bolt on the inside and outsice that need to be removed. So like I said, it's a bitch and you have to disassemble a lot of the dash.
Good luck,
. that being said, it must be dooable since that guy did it. He said it was going to be a bitch getting it out and it was. However, if the shop mechanic can do it, you can too. It will be easier if you can find a shop manual that goes thru the proceedure. I just looked it up in my 83 shop manual and it would have been easier if I had done that for the 78 one I pulled.Basically you have to disassemble the dash and remove the heater core cover , duct work, take apart the plenum that the A/C evaporator. There are bolt on the inside and outsice that need to be removed. So like I said, it's a bitch and you have to disassemble a lot of the dash.
Good luck,
"I know you think you know what I said, but what you need to know is, I did'nt say what I meant"
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Posted 21 November 2004 - 04:37 PM
All I can tell you is that I pulled a unit with a heater core and A/C core in it for a guy on the west coast about a year ago. It was a bitch of a job and a good thing it was in a junker. Good thing that truck didn't need to run again . that being said, it must be dooable since that guy did it. He said it was going to be a bitch getting it out and it was. However, if the shop mechanic can do it, you can too. It will be easier if you can find a shop manual that goes thru the proceedure. I just looked it up in my 83 shop manual and it would have been easier if I had done that for the 78 one I pulled.
Basically you have to disassemble the dash and remove the heater core cover , duct work, take apart the plenum that the A/C evaporator. There are bolt on the inside and outsice that need to be removed. So like I said, it's a bitch and you have to disassemble a lot of the dash.
Good luck,
. that being said, it must be dooable since that guy did it. He said it was going to be a bitch getting it out and it was. However, if the shop mechanic can do it, you can too. It will be easier if you can find a shop manual that goes thru the proceedure. I just looked it up in my 83 shop manual and it would have been easier if I had done that for the 78 one I pulled.Basically you have to disassemble the dash and remove the heater core cover , duct work, take apart the plenum that the A/C evaporator. There are bolt on the inside and outsice that need to be removed. So like I said, it's a bitch and you have to disassemble a lot of the dash.
Good luck,
"I know you think you know what I said, but what you need to know is, I did'nt say what I meant"
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