how to install a heater core?
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Car: 88 Trans Am
Engine: lt1 intaked 355 makin 277 on 25 psi of fuel pressure and stock timing :)
Transmission: A4 stock... that moved a mobile dyno a foot shifting into 2nd :)
how to install a heater core?
hey guys gonna do this tomarrow..... cause its FREAKIN cold in texas lol how do i do it the fastest way?
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Car: 92 RS - Fully Restored w/Custom Int
Engine: LO3 with some mods
Transmission: T-5
Axle/Gears: 3.42 Richmond
Be prepared to pull most of, if not the entire dashboard in order to replace the heater core.
A metric socket set with torx bits and some screwdrivers is all you need.
Oh yeah, you will probably need new hoses and clamps.
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Alpine 8030 Alarm System, Valentine One Radar Detector (How did I ever drive without one?), Pioneer DEH 7450 Head Unit w/6-pack CD changer, Pioneer DEQ 7600 Sound Processor, 2 Kenwood KAC-846 Amps powering 2 12" Pro Red subs, 2 Pioneer 6x9 and 2 MTX 4x6 speakers. Spectre valve covers and accessories, Z28 grille w/aftermarket lights, MacEwen whiteface gauges
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A metric socket set with torx bits and some screwdrivers is all you need.
Oh yeah, you will probably need new hoses and clamps.
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ORIGINAL OWNER
92 Camaro RS, LO3, 5-spd, T-tops
Performance:
K&N Open Air Filter, Partial TBI mods, Edelbrock performer TBI intake, Fastchip Prom, Timing +4 degrees, Centerforce clutch, Xact 8mm wires, SLP 1 3/4" Headers (coated), Flowmaster Catback Exhaust, Richmond 3:42 gears, Torsen HD Posi
Sights & Sounds:
Alpine 8030 Alarm System, Valentine One Radar Detector (How did I ever drive without one?), Pioneer DEH 7450 Head Unit w/6-pack CD changer, Pioneer DEQ 7600 Sound Processor, 2 Kenwood KAC-846 Amps powering 2 12" Pro Red subs, 2 Pioneer 6x9 and 2 MTX 4x6 speakers. Spectre valve covers and accessories, Z28 grille w/aftermarket lights, MacEwen whiteface gauges
NEXT UP: the rest of the TBI mods & Suspension upgrades
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Car: 88 Trans Am
Engine: lt1 intaked 355 makin 277 on 25 psi of fuel pressure and stock timing :)
Transmission: A4 stock... that moved a mobile dyno a foot shifting into 2nd :)
dang.... thats not what i wanted to hear.... dont wanna pull the dash apart....
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Car: 86 IROC
Engine: 305 TPI
Transmission: Auto
I just changed mine and it took me less than an hour. The only parts that I had to remove were the bottom cover of the dash and the cover that goes over where the heater core is located. I also had to drop the computer down out of the way. I used a magnetic screwdriver with a quarter inch adapter in the end of it, a flexible 1\4 inch extension and the proper size socket(I don't remember what size). The hardest screw to get to is the one on top of the cover that hides the heater core. If you reach on top of the cover you should be able to feel the screw and be able to guide the socket onto it.
Hope yours goes as well as mine did. Have fun.
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86 iroc, tpi, auto, compucam, headers, pace-setter cat-back, stageII chip, afpr, air foil, filters, maf screens removed, gutted air cleaner box, 160* stat.
Hope yours goes as well as mine did. Have fun.
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Why couldn't Chevy have taken a lesson from Ford on this one? The 84 T-Bird/Cougar had a plate on the firewall. Unbolt the plate and pull the core. None of this "yank the entire interior out" crap! Or was it a plate in back of the glove box? I don't quite remember which, but I do remember it was just a plate. Been awhile since I looked at the Chiltons. What was REALLY a p.i.t.a was that I had an 84 Marquis, same engine as the T-Bird (v-6, anyway) and had to pull the dash!
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if i swap anything fourth gen will it bother the heater core? like, engine, or dash??? thanx.....
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91 FireBird 305 V-8
Edelbrock Catback, Custom Alarm. Fourth Gen Console. i have six cupholders. all for starbucks!
Go|)Created The Earth, And Then Turned Up The Bass.
Here's My Audio Install!
"Honda's FOR ME TO POOP ON!" -Triumph...
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