1966 Heater Core

[republic]

I have a '66 Town Landau with a leaking heater core. I have a diagram but not a service manual. Could someone tell me the best way to remove the core? Thanks

Republic

[tbird5866]

Sure.. You will need to remove the lower dash panel on the passenger side. Then disconnect the RH air cable and remove the seven screws that hold the heater box cover in place. If you are lucky, someone may have left out two screws that secure the core to the heater box near the firewall. In that case, you will remove the hoses from the heater core (under the hood) and remove two screws holding the core to the heater box and out comes the core. If, however, all four screws holding the core to the heater box are present, you should remove the heater box from the car by removing two nuts on the front of the firewall above and below the heater hose locations and remove four nuts that will be found behind the recirculate air door around the blower opening. You also disconnect the hose for the recirculate air vacuum motor. You can probably figure out reassembly.. Fordman

[republic]

Fordman,

Thanks for the reply. On the lower dash panel I find two bolts,one on either side. What other fasteners am I missing.

Thanks

Republic

[boaterbob]

Thought i remember prying off lower piece of chrome to take out screws.

[farrelli51]

The $35.00 for a service manual is well worth it. Actually it is a must have for a serious owner.

[t-bird-art]

Went thru heater cord replacement couple months back. Bought a "New" core off one of the well known vendors in Oregon and it turned out to be hand-made piece of junk that had wrong length of pipe going out the firewall. Best to have you current piece recored. I was told there is an outfit in Texas that still has the right core. The honeycomb cores can be repaired- sometimes- depends where the leak is. A radiator man fixed one for me years ago by flooding the area of the leak with Solder.

[republic]

Again, thank you all.

Republic

[tbird5866]

The passenger side lower dash panel is removed by first prying off the stainless steel strip on the dash, then removing three screws and the two bolts at the bottom of the panel.

[republic]

Fordman

That was the answer I was looking for! I'm feeling warmer already!

Thanks

Republic