My heater core is leaking, and it starting to smell, i have never in my life done anything like this, so i ask you pros here this....how hard is it to change the heater core in our cars?

does it involve removing the dashboard? cus if it does and screwed, theres no way i can do that....not by myself with my 80 year old back....

the core gets here tomorrow, so i was hoping to get it replaced tomorrow by myself...i hope i can.

thanks

Yes the dash needs to come out. Some work needs to be done under the hood too and the coolant needs to be drained and flushed.

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06 Blue EVO 9

then am fucked....i cant do this alone... thanks G-ell
will see what happens from here on out...am at my wits end here..

well due to my back being 80 years old, and my meds not working correctly, this is as far as i have gone, now i am at a loss as to what to do next

It looks like you've made good progress...

Maybe this will help.
http://www.daveblack.net/asp/DashRemoval.asp

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Confucius say "Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired." Unless we are talking about a 3S. Then it's obviously "man who run is going to get another beer!"

i thank you sir...this is exactly what i needed( i hope) lol
but really thanks brother...i will start working on it as soon as my meds kick inn lol

Holy...

You really need that heater core replaced don't you?

yeah is not a big leak yet, but thats how big leaks happen lol

well i got it done on monday, there was a broken resistor in the housing of the heater core, which i ordered from the dealer and got on monday and the i put everything together again.

i also had to take the air condenser out, of which the freon went all in my face when the bolt to the condenser broke lol

is fixed tho, just bought another bolt and rethreaded the hole for it.

all in all...it was a bitch lol
never again will i take the dash apart...no way...to much pain in my back for that