Heater Core Blues

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2012/10/17 19:35:15

Hi gang,
I guess my '51 was feeling neglected what with all the attention I've been giving my '55 so yesterday when I moved the controls to "heat" what I got was a lot of steam.
I wasn't concerned as I had just been through this with the '55 and since I had an almost new '51 style heater core on the shelf I decided to drop that in today.
Wrong!
With the '55 the heater box is easy to remove for the hidden screws in the back. Not so the '51. I've been staring and reading the FSM for most of the afternoon and I still haven't gotten anywhere.

Is there some trick to removing the heater box from the passenger side of the cowl? I've been trying every way I can and I'm just not getting anywhere and the FSM doesn't mention core replacement except through the accessory section and that hasn't been much if any help. I've got the glove box removed so at least I'm not standing on my head but I'm at a complete stand-still. I don't want to go strong-arming 61 year old parts.

HELP.