Heater core help!

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

Theres this lady thats a friend of the wifey and her she has been told by a local shop that her heater core need replacing. They gave her a quote of $450.00. How hard is this to change? Car is a 1997 Ford Taurus. Do you go under the hood or does this have to be taken out under the dash? I have quit a bit of skills as far as working on cars but never replace a heater core on this particular model car. Hoping I can take this job and make some $$ and then buy something here from you guys

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[audioatg 10+ year member]

That quote sounds about right. With time labor and parts. And yes this is inside the dash. Dash has to come out some what to get it out.

 

[maddskillzz 10+ year member]

Theres this lady thats a friend of the wifey and her she has been told by a local shop that her heater core need replacing. They gave her a quote of $450.00. How hard is this to change? Car is a 1997 Ford Taurus. Do you go under the hood or does this have to be taken out under the dash? I have quit a bit of skills as far as working on cars but never replace a heater core on this particular model car. Hoping I can take this job and make some $$ and then buy something here from you guys

its in the passenger side under the dash...about 8 bolts that hold the plastic in then 4 bolts that hold the core in place..also have to get under the hood and remove the two hoses..If you are pretty good with cars you should be able to knock this out in about 2 hours...core cost about $55 at autozone

 

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

its in the passenger side under the dash...about 8 bolts that hold the plastic in then 4 bolts that hold the core in place..also have to get under the hood and remove the two hoses..If you are pretty good with cars you should be able to knock this out in about 2 hours...core cost about $55 at autozone

cool,thanks man.

 

[boom24 10+ year member]

i had to do 1 on a tauras about a month a go what a pain in the a** good luck to you the plastic housing that surounds the heater core it always seems to crack so have some apoxy or jb weld around...good luck to you

 

[Ridinhi 5,000+ posts]

i had to do 1 on a tauras about a month a go what a pain in the a** good luck to you the plastic housing that surounds the heater core it always seems to crack so have some apoxy or jb weld around...good luck to you

well, now thats some motivation right there,lol. Same thing happened on a Regal I once had. Plastic housing cracked and I had to do just what you said.