beachman

Any of you good folks ever replaced a heater core in 87 Sentra? I'm almost there but the center heat duct is giving me a big headache. Thanks in advance.

bob89sentra

I did it on a 1989 Sentra.

It was a Royl PITA, I had to remove the entire dash assembly, and part of the steering column to get the air ducts out of the way to remove the heater assembly. I also remember a bar that was spot welded in place that was very much in the way, so I bent is slightly to make everything go a little easier. There also was a problem with some of the lower structural bracing was removed with 10mm head self-tapping sheetmetal screws, and stripped the threads off 2 of them when re-installing.

I think it took me about 8 hours to do it along with aching back busted knuckles and a many of choice words under my breath

I hope some of this might help, but probbaly not since I never found a "easier way"

Bob

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beachman

Thank you Bob VERY much for your information. You have confirmed my suspicions about finishing this project and the ductwork is my final stumbling block. Hmmm... this may be a good project for my paid mechanic but I'll see how it goes.