Bad news... Entire dash must be removed. My 1995 Thunderbird heater core failed in ealy December. Bypassed it. Dealer wants $800 for labor only.
you have to take out the whole dashboard
take the 2 hoses off to the heater core and get a hose and flush out the core through both hose fittings on the firewall.
My heater core went out in my 95 Thunderbird about 3 months ago. Unless you know a ton about cars, you're gonna have to take it to a mechanic. It will be anywhere from $400-$800 to get it put in. Sucks since it's a 20 dollar part. But you gotta do what you gotta do.
Take both heater hoses off at the heater and the hose running from the front, attach it to the rear of the engine.
you have to take out the dash and carefully unhook everything under there and take out the box the core is in very CAREFULLY and decharge the system before all this
4 to 6 hours
camaro* and its under the passenger side dashboard. you have to take the entire dash apart to get to it
the dash has to come away from the firewall but does not have to come all the way out 2 3 hour days if you take your time and take some pictures with digital camera as you take it out
how long does it take to install a heater core in a 2000 dodge neon
it is located behind the heater core on firewall inside car. have to take entire dash out in order to change it. poor design. if heater core leaks it usally drips right on ecm and burns it out.
You have to take out the whole heater and air condiasioning system out and replace the new heater core in. When you replace the heater core, you firset have to put the air condiasoning system in then the heating system/ heater core. When you take the old systems out, you first have to take out the A.C then the heater.
Just replaced the heater core in my 95 t-bird..used Haynes manual and what it didn't say was that you have to take the entire dash off. no problem after that.A shop manual from DISCOUNTAUTOREPAIRMANUALS.COM probably will be more specific than yours. It is a big job though