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Remember my heater core woes...?

Reply #15 –
Uh oh I don't know if my mechanic put one of those in when he did mine earlier this year. I'm going to go check mine to see if it's there.
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.

Remember my heater core woes...?

Reply #16 –
Again,  just jam a bolt or socket or some object with a hole in it in the "hot" heater hose.

Remember my heater core woes...?

Reply #17 –
Yeah, again the ford guys at the dealership thought I was off my rocker.  I just got a brass pipe thread adapter...internal and external threads...it's nice because it's a perfect fit and the hex end is just big enough to keep it from going all the way in the heater core but still small enough to get the hose over.  It was $2...woo-hoo...The AutoZone part number for that piece is 321106...if anybody needs it.  It's supposed to be around 50* here tomorrow so we'll see how she goes....hell the project is still fresh in my head since it wasn't that long ago that I replaced it.
Project 3G: Grandpa Grocery Getter-'85 Crown Vic LTD 2-door, 351W with heavily ported/polished GT40 heads, heavily ported/polished Typhoon Power Plus upper & lower intake, Comp Cams 265DEH retarded 1*, FAST EZ-EFI, HD T5, 8.8" 3.73 trac lock with extra clutches, 3G alt. swap, '99 CVPI front brakes, '09 CVPI rear disc brakes, '00 CVPI booster&m/c + wilwood adj prop valve.

Parted & Gone-'88 T-bird Sport, 351W swap, ported GT40 heads
 

Remember my heater core woes...?

Reply #18 –
I used a cable stop. It's an aluminum plug with a 1/4" hole in the middle, and the 11/16" outer diameter allowed it to fit perfectly in the inlet pipe of my aftermarket heater core. Granted, it was just too big for the oem core, but even so, it will fit in the 5/8" hose. It was under $2 for two from Ace Hardware.