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Steve,
The gunk you have in the heater core is probably from an overdose of stop leak. I may have written about this before, but if you cant stop the leak with at most two applications, then it's time to try something else.... as far as the removal of the gunk.... I wouldn't use too much more flush.... Try one more application... you might wind up damaging other components or seals in the system. And you are exactly correct with the amount of effort that is required to change heater cores, but this effort is not just limited to ford products.... almost all heater cores need to be removed in this fashion. One other thing that you might want to try, and I am not sure if this will solve the problem, it might even make things worse, but remove the heater hoses from the core. Then, at the core stubs, use compressed air to try and remove some of the debris. Too much pressure could cause the core to blow up. I make no guarantee that this will work or even not damage he system. If anyone else has any suggestions for this reader, I think he would appreciate it.
Good Luck!
Drive Safely!
Bob, The Auto Answer Man
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