Hi all !!

Where's the best place to buy a new heater matrix from ??

Cheers

 

Main dealer pal

 

Tabatha knew a place. Is it leaking then? If not a reverse flush would help?

Tabs??

 

The inside is really steaming up ?? So I assumed it must be the matrix ???

Any other ideas what it could be chaps ???

 

Is the carpet wet or any other clue then mate? Are you loosing water from the system possibly? You can always bypass the matrix first before digging around under there. Just loop a bit of pipe onto the hoses where it goes into the bulkhead behind the turbo. B&Q do a perfect bit of copper pipe in the plumbing section... costs a couple of quid if that.

Behind the bulkhead this is all it is regards the matrix itself.



and this is the job in hand...



One of the pipes comes up along the engine from the pump and the other appears from behind the block.

 

I have one out of my car before i turned into a track car no problems with steam up. The only reason is if you have a waterleak and theres damo in the car. Want £20 for it plus postage £8 or delivery to classic ford f.o.c

 

oh yes, the fabulous heater matrix change

to do it right you need to do it that way

peole say you can get away without removing half the dash but then you rick bending your nice new matrix putting it in past the pedals

this way at least you get the whole heater box out and get to rerun all them radio wires you were putting back until more important jobs came along

well worth doing right and spending the day makign sure you get rid of all the squeeks in the dash

 

When I did my last sierra one, I drilled out the rivetts holding the metal bracket that the bottom of the dash screws onto under the ash tray area, made it a lot easier to just pull straight back then, just put in a couple of self tappers on reassembly.
I would shop around,(places the trade use) best rad stuff at mo is from Poland, but there's been a marked price rise here the last year or so, I'd expect to pay around £35.
The oe matrix were made by Harrison, but can never get a replacement one from them.
Worth seeking out a copper one, even if extra, as vastly superior heat output than aluminium.
tabetha