best place to get one from (4x4 saff)...and rough price.....cheers Pete

 

upp upp...i need one, like now...re-CON is Ł65 + vat and new ford is Ł90 + vat

 

got my matrix from the local motor factors for Ł26

 

have a look on ebay


they dont have to be original ford ones a matrix is a matrix


big job to change the whole top and bottom dash needs to be taken out to do it right

marco

 

I bought one 2 years ago from local motor factors for Ł28. Went to get another one recently for different sierra, Ł70!!!!!!!

Not as much supply they said or some rubbish like that, so prices have more than doubled.
It's ok cos really didn't fancy doing it anyway, did my last one and was a nightmare and garage want's Ł300 for it as it's a 6 hour job.

Gonna be a cold winter for me tho....

 

actually... i was considering something to make it easier and someone on here might know if it's feasible.

They main reason it' so difficult to change a heater matrix is because the pipes coming out of the matrix go thru a 90 turn to pass thru the bulkhead. I was considering cutting these pipes back before the turn and putting flexible rubber 90 degree sleeves on to pass thru the bulk head then connecting the main engine bay water pipe to the heater pipe via a small copper pipe inserted(i did this b4 to by pass my heater when it leaked or something).

Anyway, any thought on this...?

 

You can get them in the shops and on the internet

 

don't bother with that method, it'll all end in tears

remove both lower parts of the dash
you can then see the bits of plastic you need to get to and also see the 2 13mm bolts you need to undo to move the hwole heater box
inside the engine bay there are 2 pipes and 2 small philips screws you need to undo first
these can be more of a problem than the internals

lots of people have said you can just remove one side and pull it out and bend it past the pedals etc, but it's much easier to just do it properly and not risk bending the shit out of the new matrix you are putting in

and it's less pain in your back

 

hi pete

i changed mine in the summer it took me ages to do it but one good thing i did once thetop and bottom dash was completely out

i tidy up the car loom /alarm loom /immobilser loom /the spa gauges loom

got plenty of room now for more wires if needed ..lol..


marco

 

2wd and 4x4's the same.?????

 

as on cleveland site pete

Serck Intertruck
Unit E, York Way, Mandale Industrial Estate, Thornaby, Stockton-On-Tees, Cleveland TS17 6BX Tel: 01642 608944

 

there is loads of mondeo ones at the unit mate they may be the same

 

cossies are all the same i i think normal sierra's

 

i know there is one in a yard at haverton hill and the dash is already out pete you just need to go get it

 

This is the same as the one i fitted to mine

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/6FD104-Heater-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

I've done it before and it's a total nightmare in my opinion, lying upside down in footwell is not nice. Just seems to me poor design that would be lot easier to change if wasn't for those 2 little 90 degree buggers

 

they are the same across the sierra range but some tend to be metal ended rather than plastic capped, in my expereience, these normally klast about a year before they spit out their dummy's, especially on something that will be running hotter than your average sierra for a lot longer period of time, why couldn't they have made it easy like on the cortina's, you could have changed it with a key