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#34910 10/27/2004 4:43 AM | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 94 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 94 | Hi all,
The mornings are getting a little frosty, so I'm putting a fresh air heater in my '53 but I'm not to sure of correct routing of the hoses.
So...., do I come off the water pump outlet and go to the 1st outlet (closest to the firewall) of the control valve. Then from the 2nd outlet of the control valve to either of the outlets on the core, then from the core to the thermostat housing inlet. Is this correct? or do I have it bass-ackwards?
Thanks
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#34911 10/27/2004 6:04 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 586 | I believe you have it backwards. For a '51 it
goes the following way and I assume that the same is true for a '53.
Hose from the water pump goes to heater(PS).
Hose from thermostat goes to control valve(closest to firewall).
Hose from control valve(closest to front), goes
to heater(DS)
Hope this helps. Cecil....... | | |
#34912 10/29/2004 1:37 AM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 71 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2001 Posts: 71 | Just plumbed mine the other day. I was delayed by the little bracket that holds the hoses to the fender liner. I have not seen these in any of the catalogs, so I went to a junkyard and had my pick of several. Not a highly technical part and a workable replacement could easily be made up in the shop, but I wanted to keep it original. Plus I like an excuse to hunt through junkyards anyway. | | |
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