Does anyone have any pictures? I removed the panel, but I don't see the heater core. Just plastic and a valve, and a metal vertical bar about 2 in wide. Can anyone help???

The silver area in the middle is the heater itself, the 4 screws you have to remove are circled in red, the one on the lower left is behind the plastic bracket the one on the upper right is just above where the pic ends,
and also remove the screw circled in yellow, this will allow the heater box cover to flex when removing the core

Is this the plastic piece that you see? If so this has to be removed to get to the heater core. If i remember there are four screws that hold this in. A long extension on a ratchet will be very helpful getting the top left screw out.
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That is the cover I took off, but I don't see the core in it. I might have to remove something else inside the cover to see it. '87 camaro, V6, No Air is what I have BTW.

Thanks for the quick reply and picture, But that is not what I saw when I removed the cover. But the brownish strip in your picture looks like what i did see, just nothing to the left of it (encased). I will take a picture of it tomorrow when I look at it again and repost any of my findings. '87 camaro V6 with no ac BTW.

Hey, I am a new member with this same heatercore problem. I have partially disassebled the dash already. I just want to know the location of the 5 screws that hold hush panel on so I can remove it to get to corebox screws more easily. Thanks!!

it only took me 45mins to replace the heater core lol but my car is special

just got mine out and it is for a rookie about a 3hr job but for a pro is about 1hr and I did break one mounting tab top passen. side I hope it don't rattle too bad. my original dash pad is cracked and broken (21 years old) does anyone know of a web site where I can find not a plastic cover($100) but an oem dash pad pretty reasonable < or = $200? and a TTop headliner with sun visors. and a trunk latch/lock it doesn't matter to me if the elect. stuff does or doesn't work as long as I can use my key

Is it true the 91 and 92 Camaro heater core replace is slightly different than the earlier ones? I thought I read the dash was made different which made the removal more difficult on thses two years? I have a 92 and need to replace mine. Jim

I've worked on these cars for years but never had to replace a core. I just did mine today in my Formula. I accually time it. I had it out in 9 minutes. Took about 15 minutes though to get the new one in and lined up. Very Easy!!

What year is your Formula? Thanks for the input

I'll add a little to the knowledge base here... i just replaced the heater core in an 86' IROC. it took me right around 3 hours to do, i'm handy in a garage but this was my first heater core. the first 2 and a half hours were me trying to figure out what i was doing, and the last 30 minutes was me actually working. all in all, easy.

to help out anyone else, this is what i've learned above and beyond what i already read here, or just greater detail where needed.

The heater core has a black plastic shroud attached to it, you won't necesarily see the heater core untill you pull the core out of the car.

my heater core had 6 screws in it, 4 of them were holding the core in place, and only two are visible at first. there are two screws holding a metal plate in place, if you pull that plate out of your way, you'll be able to see the other two screws, they arent easy to get to though.

Fun Tip: re-assembly is the same as dis-assembly, but to avoid dropping screws into places i couldnt reach, i stuck a fridge magnet to my extention right by the socket, worked like a charm.

i hope this helps anyone else reading through this on their own project.