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Princeton, Indiana | Here is how I spent my New Year's holiday. I've been putting this job off for to long and it was time to change out the heater core and get some heat moving in my pickup. 1997 Ford F150 so the entire dash has to come out to access the core. All of the estimates I have heard say it's about an 8 hour job if all goes well and so far that seems to be pretty accurate. I have the dash removed and the new core in place and I am at the 4 hour mark. Now its time to go back together.
I will have about $200 in parts and the dealer wanted about $700 labor so I decided to give it a shot. The core was $74 and the the little piece of sticky foam to go around it was $48!
I think I'll try to find a new plastic blend door tomorrow and replace it while I have it apart. Sure don't want to do this twice.
Various plastic parts and accessories
Empty hole ready for a new core
New core ready to drop in
New one in place
I hope I can figure out where all of these screws and various hardware goes.
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Heater core replacement - I have a strong urge to strangle a Ford engineer
