heater core restrictor ?

[85ttops]

tho im not if this is the correct place to ask it , im going to .

i just did the heater core in my svo , quite easy if youve done a few dashes , but anyways. i installed the flow restrictor for the heater core that i got from green sales that was said to be the correct one from a fellow member but i cand remeber who , i wanted to ask him a couple questions about the proper placement of it.
i dont thing i have it in correct , cause if i remeber correct it was supposed to insert into one of the porst of the core and i had to put mine into the hose at the front of the coresport but butted up to the opening

any help or pictures will be of great help

[85ttops]

found the picture in the thread by gregpro but the ones i got from green sales ar different then the one in the pic ill look for my other one they are steel i guess

[Morganized]

i just did the heater core in my svo , quite easy if youve done a few dashes , but anyways.

I have to replace mine too. But this will be my first one. I know what you mean about past experience being helpful. When I put dropped spindles on my truck the first side took about 12 hours (I had to make some of my own tools). The second side took me 45 minutes.

[greg_pro50]

That one will work. You just stick it in the larger of the two pipes on the heater core. Really anything with a smaller opening will work. I've even used an 8mm socket once.

[greg_pro50]

How long did the chrome plating last in that environment?

I used a stainless marine socket.

Now that I think of it I dont think a standard socket would lose the chrome either because of all the anti-corrosion additives to the coolant. Hell, I've used plenty of chrome-plated fittings and doo dads over the years that go on the coolant system.

[85ttops]

it will not fit inside the inlet line , it would only fit in the hose

[140cilx]

I'm gonna put one of those on my '88 LX heater core. The SVO heater core swap is a pain... I've done mine and helped Todd do his. The next gen dash starting in '87, they hung the heater core from a string and built the car up around it. Oh how I dread it. Last core change was in '95, and I still do an involuntary shudder thinking of it. WHY FORD WHY?