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| | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 280 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 280 | I am installing my deluxe heater in my 47 3600. When i got the truck there were no defroster hoses left, rotted away. Just the spiral wire was left there. When routing the left defroster hose past the cowling duct in the center, if front or behind the center duct? My center duct is not installed yet, it will be painted with the cab eventually. I had no reference when I removed the heater.
1947 3600 Chevy
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,793 Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT | | Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 5,793 | lumbersawyer,
Going to move this question to Interiors as your question can be better answered there.
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100Follow this story in the DITY Gallery"My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine"1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,730 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,730 | So are you asking where to get the hoses?
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
| | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,022 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,022 | What center duct are you referring to? The cowl vent? If so, it shouldn't matter, I believe the defrost duct to the driver's side routed below the cowl vent. You just want it so it doesn't get pinched by the linkage for the cowl vent operator.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 280 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 280 | Ok thanks, I bought new hoses and there seems to be a lot of room below the cowl vent.
1947 3600 Chevy
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,357 | Curious where you obtained your new hoses from, I am going to need some as mine were totally missing, along with the heater that never existed. | | | | | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,022 Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums | | Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums Joined: May 2015 Posts: 11,022 | Here's where I got mine. Link
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truckFollow this saga in Project JournalPhotos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 280 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2020 Posts: 280 | I had to dig up the receipt. Jim Carter sales is where I got mine.
1947 3600 Chevy
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,357 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2021 Posts: 1,357 | klhansen - thanks, I saw that listing but the description was confusing, I gather it must be 2" diameter and 6' long?
Lumbersawyer - thanks, Jim Carter is one of my sources for parts also. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,188 Insomniac | | Insomniac Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 2,188 | I got my defroster hoses at a vacuum cleaner store. They will cut off what you need from a spool. Cut to a bit longer than what you need - the compression on the spring inside the hose will keep it in place.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 261 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2020 Posts: 261 | I got my defroster hoses at a vacuum cleaner store. They will cut off what you need from a spool. Cut to a bit longer than what you need - the compression on the spring inside the hose will keep it in place. That's a brilliant idea. More durable than the "repro" defroster ducting I've bought too - funny as I knew it reminded me of something, but I never keyed in. For those of us nowhere near a vaccuum cleaner store, they do sell the shop vac type hoses in various sizes at Rona/Canadian Tire and other places.
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,677 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 3,677 | I got my defroster hoses at a vacuum cleaner store. They will cut off what you need from a spool. Cut to a bit longer than what you need - the compression on the spring inside the hose will keep it in place. You wouldn’t have a picture, would you?
1951 3100
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,730 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2021 Posts: 6,730 | The Lowes near me also sells the slinky type vacuum tubing by the foot.
1950 Chevrolet 3100 (Ol' Roy)
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe (The Phantom) | 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville (The Bismarck) | 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe |1966 Ford Mustang (Little Red) | 1969 Pontiac GTO (The Dishpit) I 1979 Ford F-100 | 1976 Ford F-150 (Big Red) | 1995 Ford F-150 (Newt)
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