And why it takes eight freaking hours to do a heater core in some cars.
I did a lot of dashboard work in my day. Under them, in them and removing them completely.
I still have special tools I had to use on the Fords, some I actually fabricated or did the Frankenstein thing to.
I actually did so many heater core jobs on cars like the Lincoln Town Car that I could have the dashboard unbolted and everything unplugged and have the passenger side sitting on the front seat so I could get to the heater core, in less than 45 minutes.
I could do a heater core job in about three hours and it paid 8.
This video is about a more modern dash that has the entertainment screen on it but what I would like you to pay attention to as they build this dash is how many screws are in it and where they put them.Also how many wire connectors there are and components in it.
Ford was notorious for hiding screws in crazy places.
Another thing Ford and Chevy both were notoripus for was using different size heads on basically the same diameter screws.
On the Fords I would use 6, lots of 7’s and 8’s, 9,10’s and even 11′ Millimeter sockets.
Plus all the different Torx bits and Phillips heads. It was absolutely ridiculous.
All of those in one dashboard.


