2001 ford ranger

[bonnie&clyde]

do you have to remove the whole dash to get to and replace the heater core on a 2001 ford ranger?

[Gargamel]

Dr. Chilton's says that you must remove the "Instrument Panel".

When I go to "Instrument panel removal", it looks like pretty much the whole dash.

Are you sure that the heater core is the problem?

[Scott Mc]

Yep, not too bad to do. Last one took me about 3 hours. Tip, tie the dash up to the cieling

[bonnie&clyde]

Dr. Chilton's says that you must remove the "Instrument Panel".

When I go to "Instrument panel removal", it looks like pretty much the whole dash.

Are you sure that the heater core is the problem?

yeah its leaking inside the passanger side

[Gargamel]

yeah its leaking inside the passanger side

Crap...

Yeah, It's time to dig into the dash.

[shumpertdavid]

Dash has comes out, if it has the blend door motor behind the glove box. When you get the dash out, remove the motor and see if the part it slides into is cracked any. The blend doors are somewhat common on those to crack out where the motor slides in. The box requires complete replacement if this happens. It's a Ford part that runs 4-500 bucks best I remember.

[Scott Mc]

Buy an OEM heater core, the AM suck ass.

[JC316]

Yep, dash has to come out, gotta love fords. Well, if it's like the F150, the dash doesn't have to come all the way out, just out of the way enough to reach the box.