Originally Posted by rcan1015

wilde,
I had the radiator flushed twice and eventually there was good flow. Still very little heat. I pulled the dash apart to get to the front heater core and replaced it with a new core (it had been flushed a couple of times via access to hoses on outside of firewall. So now I had a new core and a radiator with great flow--but the hose temps (discussed earlier in the thread) were still insufficient to produce decent heat. The Montero I purchased had a lot of sand in the cargo area, so I decided to remove all the plastic panels and replace speakers, place sound insulation and replace the rear heater core at the same time. The Montero was quieter, the sound system was better and the rear heater core was new. I still had little heat and after $1200 of wasted time and money, I sold it. Got an '05 4Runner and had to replace the head gasket 500 miles later. Good luck. I still have a 'Word' document that I copied from an Australian site that walked me through the disassembly of the dash and console. It was real helpful. Let me know if you want it.