87 Heater Core replacement

Discussion in 'V-8 Buick Powered Regals' started by jonm, Jun 15, 2007.

  1. jonm

    jonm Well-Known Member

    Hey guys, just got my 455 running today, had a couple little issues, but now after running it a couple minutes the heater core started to leak all over, i shut the engine down and grabbed the pipe and it pulled right out of the core at the soldered joint, i just put the hoses on this morning and it didn't feel loose at all. my question is how or what is the easiest to change that thing out, i left the ac in the car and plan on hooking that up when all the tuning is done, the haynes manual says to remove all the screws on the firewall, it looks like some are behind the plastic inner fender, how do i remove that? I sure as heck don't want to remove the engine or those headers to do this, thanks for any replys.

    Jon
     
  2. stew'86MCSS396

    stew'86MCSS396 Well-Known Member

  3. jonm

    jonm Well-Known Member

    Thanks alot, that makes it look easier than my first impression, that web site has alot of other usefull stuff too, I will save in favorites for future reference, I will call napa tomorrow for core and maybe start removal after work tomorrow, gotta break in engine, it got up to 210 after 7 or 8 minutes so i shut it down, I know timing and carb aren't set right, i think i need a little more timing,and a little more idle mixture opeining, got the f body alum rad with straight water in it, and 7 blade clutch fan, had a box fan in front of car, thought it might help but i know it doesn't move enough air to cool it running 2000 rpms.
    Jon
     

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