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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 07:05 AM
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How tricky are these to remove?mine has burst and im looking for some pointers on how to remove my old one.


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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 10:34 AM
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Get the dash out and the matrix is staring at you
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 11:44 AM
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Get the dash out as said and your left with this
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whip all the pipe work off (i took pictures so i knew where every thing went) then theres two bolts on the underside of the bulk head take these off and it will drop down.
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 11:48 AM
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Almost forgot you need to take the hoses off in the engine bay and theres a little plate aswell that squashes abit of foam to make it water tight i dont know if you need to take this off or not but its only two screws so i did.
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 12:03 PM
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https://passionford.com/forum/ford-escort-rs-turbo/140238-replacing-heater-matrix.html
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Christian and Beccy

good old search function lol

good thread that too, 1 of them jobs usually where people are too angry and frustrated to bother taking pics lol
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 09:56 PM
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I did mine with dash in place, was rather awkward!
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 11:02 PM
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dash in place!nice long 13mm to undo the bolts,u can removed just the blue bit of the dash to make it easier
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 05:56 AM
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cheers for the info and the link! il try and remove the old one at the weekend!

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