George,

I hope taht you are still there, mine has three (3) aluminum pipes that run from the engine compartment, through the fire wall and two go into the top left side of the heater core and one goes ont he front of the heater core, just off center (I think). There is no plastic piping at all, just hte plastic on the heater core. Have you seen this set up before? I am not by my car so I am not sure if it is held in the same as you discribe. I am hoping that I remeber how everything goes back together, as i pulled it a part two weeks ago and have not been able to get back to it (not to mention that they had sent me the wrong heater core, the one with all three hoses attaching to the front).

The one thing that I was really wanting to know is, is it really needed to put these new aluminum lines in or can they be reused and will it seal up to the core if I use them?

Hope you can help or maybe someone that has had the same problem.

Stephen