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Oct 18, 2009 | 04:19 PM

edford1

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Heater Core

Help,

My heater core is leaking in my 1999 F150 pickup and a local Ford dealer tells me that it will cost $815.00 plus tax to fix this problem. OUCH !!!!!
The part costs $95.96 and the labor (9 hrs.) is $720.00 OUCH!!!! again.
I know that this is a big project but being unemployed at this time, I have the time to try and do this myself.
Does anyone have any step by step instructions for this ????????

Thanks,

vv8triton@verizon.net

Oct 18, 2009 | 08:12 PM

glruff

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Hi Ed, welcome to FTE!

Sorry to see you are having problems with your heater. Try posting your questions in the tech section threads, members there will be able to assist you.

When you get a chance visit the local chapter FTE has for PA members here,,,, Pennsylvania Chapter - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums

Great to have you as a member, enjoy the site.

Oct 18, 2009 | 09:13 PM

Ultramagdan

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Nice to have you here Ed!

I've done some work for you and found a good link: https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...-pictures.html

You can do it!

Oct 19, 2009 | 02:04 AM

Oldtrucknut7077

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I know there is a step by step for a 97 F150 that someone posted sometime ago. You can do a search to find it. If you have problems, let me know and I will try to find the link. Good luck

Oct 19, 2009 | 06:37 AM

edford1

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Thanks for the work. I printed out the step by step this morning and it looks like it should go pretty good.

Here we go !!!!!

Oct 19, 2009 | 10:02 AM

1Aauto

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Welcome to FTE , it's a time consuming job to do but if you do it yourself,your into it for the cost of the core and some antifreeze.

Oct 19, 2009 | 03:21 PM

Oldtrucknut7077

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Keep us posted on how your making out.

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Oct 20, 2009 | 06:49 AM

edford1

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Update on Heater Core,

I followed your step by step, and it was almost perfect. The only thing missing was there were 2 screws hiding under a plastic insert on top of the dash close to the windshield. Once I removed them, the dash pulled out just the way you said it would. I did not have the ford wrench to remove the heater hoses and could not figure out the connection because you can't see them very well. Since the core was leaking anyway, I took my dremmel tool with a cut-off wheel and cut the pipes off on the inside of the firewall. I was able to pull the pipes out into the engine compartment and remove the connections with no trouble.
Today I am going to pickup a new heater core and start putting it back together. If you take your time and follow the instructions it really was easy to take apart. Hope it goes back together the same way!!!

Thanks again for all of the help. Saved about $750.00 by doing it myself !!!!!!!