I've had my suspicions the last little while, but I verified them tonight. I turned on my heater in the vent position full blast on my way home from work, and was greeted by a nice, moist blast of very strong coolant smelling air and all of my windows fogging instantly. I've dreaded this day ever since 2005 when I found this site and read all the tales of horron on heater core replacement. I'm gonna order up the new heater core tommorow, then I gotta find time in my crazy schedule to get it done. Couldnt have done it in the summer when I didnt need the heat to defog my windows. Wish me luck! Probably gonna need it...
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Ugh, I hate heater cores. Hated changing them in almost every vehicle I owned. Except my old Bronco, that sucker was so easy, I did it twice.. Well ok, so I did it twice because the first replacement shit the bed after a month, but still. And dont you just love how nice and viscous the coolant gets when it hits that cold windshield?
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good luck zach I hope you do it in you shop were its warm. I fear that as well If mine goes I might just take it to scott I don't feel like dealing with all that stuff
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Don't let too much of that stuff get on your windshield. It's a time-consuming pain in the ass to get the glass clean again.Comment
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Mine hasn't gone yet. It'll probably go in Januray or February. Is it worse to do it in a 90- 91? I know the dash in my '88 came apart pretty easy. Never really had the dash too far taken apart in my 90.**2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: 5.0/ 6 spd/ 3.73s, 20K Cruiser
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I'm pretty sure the dashs in the 90-91's are an even larger pain in the ass, since they are 1 moulded piece of plastic.sigpicVic Videos Here http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...676#post243676
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Oh yeah!!!! 10 points for me!Originally posted by 91LTDProject View Post**2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302: 5.0/ 6 spd/ 3.73s, 20K Cruiser
**2006 MGM,"Ultimate": 4.6/ 2.73/ Dark Tint, Magnaflows, 19s, 115K Daily Driver
**2012 Harley Davidson Wide Glide (FXDWG):103/ Cobra Speedsters/ Cosmetics, 9K Poseur HD Rider
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Mine is starting to leak a tiny bit again, so it looks like I'll be dealing with it again. Carpet padding is damp, and I get vague coolant smells. Its not bad yet tho, so I'll ignore it a while longer. Pisses me off since I just did this last year.86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley
91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry
1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal
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I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousersComment
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