Just had it done....Not a job for the meek......The coil itself I think cost like $70.00.....The total job was over $900.00 at my Linc dealer...It's 90% labor pulling out the front dash because the coil is not accessable from under the hood....
on my 1985 Lincoln town car i had to remove the dash and get back to the firewall and remove a panel on the firewall to get to it. good luck it is a pain.
Well You have To Remove The Whole Dash Bord To Get To The Heater Core It Sits Inside Your Car In Behind The Glove Box And Wires
You do not have to remove the dash. You do however have to remove enough of the ductwork to allow access to the heater core. This is almost never an easy job and as I have not replaced one on a Navigator, I cannot tell you exactly what to remove. Just remove what is necessary to get to the core. This is why the Pros charge so much to replace a heater core. Just remember exactly how the parts cam off and how they go back on. Good Luck.
To replace the heater core in a 1999 Opel Astra, remove the center console and remove the 6 5.5 mm bolts. Also remove the clips and remove the cover and plastic clips on each pipe. Finally, lift the heater core and replace with new.
Raise the froth of your car. Drain the radiator. Remove the heater tube from firewall and loosen the hose clamps. Lower the vehicle after draining the antifreeze. Locate the heater core and remove the mounting clamps. Remove the heater core and replace it.
remove Radio ,remove lower dash panel complete with glove box. remove heater box.
To replace most heater cores you have to remove the dash on the passenger side.
To remove and replace the heater core on the 1987 Nissan 300ZX with air, begin by removing the dashboard totally. This means the radio panel and the instrument cluster. Remove all air ducts and access the heater core. Remove the bolts holding the core and replace it with a new core. Then replace the dashboard and instrument panel.
Remove the water from the cooling system. Remove the water hose from the heater core. Remove the heater core retaining bolts. Reverse the process to install the new heater core.
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take the dash apart and remove nessesary items to replace heater core
Detach the screw that attaches the heater duct on a Chevy Cavalier and remove the heater core. Once this is done you can replace the faulty heater core with a functional one.