The most fun you can have in Fox Mustang repair

[ImEvil1]

Originally Posted by svopaul

You need to discharge the A/C to do it....I have done it without discharging the A/C but it's a pain...can be done but you will have skinned up hands and will probably utter a few colorful words in the process.

I learned that the hard way...painstakingly took out the entire dash (3 year old car at the time) and figured out that the A/C would have to be discharged for it to be done right (a friend was telling me I could hack the box slightly). So I plugged my guage panel in and drove it to the dealership, replacement core in hand, and no dash in sight.

The look on the service-writer's face? Now THAT was Priceless.

The tech was really helpful, and showed me on another fox body how they only loosen the dash and drop the column down to get access. They reused my old freon, replaced all of my o-rings, and didn't charge me much. I finished it up back at home, but I'll never do it again (unless the car is already apart).