Heater Core Replacement 93 Taurus GL
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06-29-2009, 07:19 PM
Heater Core Replacement 93 Taurus GL
Okay, I searched the forum for this topic like a good citizen :-) and got a few hits, but no one seems to have actually done it. Mechanically, its not over my head at all, but I like to know what I am getting into before I get into it.
I have a Haynes manual (hey, it has -some- good information! <g>) and also have a Ford Taurus Official Shop manual. I know its from a Ford dealer, because its written in babble, and always calls for tools that no one ever would own <g>
Haynes says the A/C has to be discharged and taken down. The shop manual makes no mention of it. Therefore, I seek someone who has done it, or had it done, to know for sure if I have to blow away the A/C system. That is a biggie, and not something I can do myself without bring Al Gore to my house in a chopper.......
Not much of an A/C person, but if I have to unload it, can I recharge it myself, or do I get to be skinned twice by the A/C technicians?
The posts I found in my search all point out the obvious, being a major PITA, but its not my primary driver, and I am not averse to doing a few hours a day, until its done, but really just like to hear from people who have done a major pull, like the entire dashboard, and gotten it back together so it doesn't sound like a baby's rattle for the rest of the time I have the car.
I am not even positive yet that the core is bad. There is no smell in the car, none from the heater when I turn it on, and no sign of any coolant inside, just indicators of a leak that comes from the firewall side of the engine compartment, and an occasional puddle of coolant, tho not predictable. Oh, and that sickening smell of coolant that is running down the block and/or the trans <g> Hoping to get a pressurizing kit from Autozone loan, and finding a leak someplace obvious. On the other hand, I tend to think ahead, and consider the worst case, just so I can learn what I might need to figure out.
I realize PITA, lots of work, long time to do, not gonna pay someone $700 to do it, and its just plain no fun, but I recently put $2200 in that world famous transmission rebuild, so keeping it all running good is just protecting my investment.
BTW, 156,000 miles and looks and runs terrific. No emissions test problems ever, and about 36mpg on the highway, 25 or so, around town. Great car.
Thanks for any upbeat :-) comments.
John
I have a Haynes manual (hey, it has -some- good information! <g>) and also have a Ford Taurus Official Shop manual. I know its from a Ford dealer, because its written in babble, and always calls for tools that no one ever would own <g>
Haynes says the A/C has to be discharged and taken down. The shop manual makes no mention of it. Therefore, I seek someone who has done it, or had it done, to know for sure if I have to blow away the A/C system. That is a biggie, and not something I can do myself without bring Al Gore to my house in a chopper.......
Not much of an A/C person, but if I have to unload it, can I recharge it myself, or do I get to be skinned twice by the A/C technicians?
The posts I found in my search all point out the obvious, being a major PITA, but its not my primary driver, and I am not averse to doing a few hours a day, until its done, but really just like to hear from people who have done a major pull, like the entire dashboard, and gotten it back together so it doesn't sound like a baby's rattle for the rest of the time I have the car.
I am not even positive yet that the core is bad. There is no smell in the car, none from the heater when I turn it on, and no sign of any coolant inside, just indicators of a leak that comes from the firewall side of the engine compartment, and an occasional puddle of coolant, tho not predictable. Oh, and that sickening smell of coolant that is running down the block and/or the trans <g> Hoping to get a pressurizing kit from Autozone loan, and finding a leak someplace obvious. On the other hand, I tend to think ahead, and consider the worst case, just so I can learn what I might need to figure out.
I realize PITA, lots of work, long time to do, not gonna pay someone $700 to do it, and its just plain no fun, but I recently put $2200 in that world famous transmission rebuild, so keeping it all running good is just protecting my investment.
BTW, 156,000 miles and looks and runs terrific. No emissions test problems ever, and about 36mpg on the highway, 25 or so, around town. Great car.
Thanks for any upbeat :-) comments.
John
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