"samson" <cardsnotax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I want to change radiator and heater hoses on my 99 Taurus 3.0/Vulcan.
> Normally this type thing is pretty simple, but on this car it looks
> like a
> real mess. The radiator appears to be hidden underneath part of the
> nose,
> so the hoses on that end are out of sight. The heater hoses are not
> straight forward, either. I was hoping it would be the same basic
> trick as
> on my 98 Windstar, but no luck there.
>
> Does anyone have any advice? I do everything myself except internal
> tranny
> / engine repairs, but this has me stymied. I'd rather not have to
> dismantle
> my car,
Uh, I find it very difficult to believe that you "do everything yourself
except internal tranny/engine repairs" yet are afraid to 'dismantle your
car"
I have yet to see a car manufactured in the last 10 years that did NOT
require extensive disassembly to perform simple operations like changing
sparkplugs, hoses, etc. And lacked simple things like bolt head access
holes and such.
It appears that the automakers are intent on lengthing the time needed
for simple servicing so as to reduce the number of people who do their
own minor service work, and steer more of that work to the dealer****ps.
Get a factory service manual, read it.
Ted
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