Heater Core Question??

Hi Ya'all
I just bought a 89 firebird and it has a leaky heater core..
has anyone replaced one before? is it hard?

thank you for reading this.

Hi Ya'all
I just bought a 89 firebird and it has a leaky heater core..
has anyone replaced one before? is it hard?

thank you for reading this.

Dear Newb,
Hello and welcome to af.com im 79bandit (jordan) n and if i were you i would ditch the heater and the ac for extra horses and call it done ;)

It is not hard at all. Drain the coolant, disconnect the 2 hoses going into the firewall heater core tubes. Drop the plastic cover on the passenger side there under the dash. Youll see a plastic box covering the heater core. Remove that and carefully drop out the heater core and replace. It sounds a lot more intimidating than it is. Probably a 2 hour job give or take...I am about to do the same thing on my '89 as it just started leaking. Ill let you know if I run into any problems...

yea man.. this shouldnt be hard. All you need is a few sockets. I think you are talkin about the radiator arent ya? if so. it will be about an hour and half to drain the coolant and then take the core out and after that put the new one. If you need help on this issue. Hit me on aim or someting... Take care.

Thanks, it sounds a lot easier than my '79 firebird.