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| | | | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 | Once again i have yet another question for you kind folks.We took apart our heater blower motor and removed the fan.We forgot which way the fan was mounted.Should the fan hub(with the locking screw)face the motor or the heater housing? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Someone will be along shortly to help out. Now is the time to buy a digital camera and take pictures of every step of disassembly so you have reference of how things go back together.
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | jrsdart here are my 54 Heater Pics ... Hopefully they will help... As Alvin said, take lots and lots of pics, you can not have too many... Wished I had taken more...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,232 | The squirrel cage only fits one way. The hub is on the motor side of the back heater housing. <CLICK > for pic. My heater album.EDIT -
healingbear's heater is a Recirculating heater. Mine is an Air Flow heater. Not sure which heater is in your '54. My squirrel cage has a push nut instead of a set screw.
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- Lonnie My '54 3104Photos that I have shared on Stovebolt via PhotoBucket are no longer available. Please contact me if you want a photo from an old post. lonniecook [at] aol [dot] com. I sold my '54 3104 12/12/2017, but I still visit Stovebolt. OLD STUFF ... houses, furniture, cars, wine ... I love it all | | | | | Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 89 | Thank you everyone for you help once again.lonnie thank you for the pictures,but mine is the same as healingbears.healingbear thank you for the pictures it has confirmed that we have it on the right way,by the way you did a great job repainting everything.It looks great.I also got my first digital camera for xmas and hope to be using it soon,if i can figure it out. lol
thanks again john | | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 433 | John, get yourself the 1954 Truck Shop Manual and the 1947-54 Truck Factory Assembly Manual... The 1954 Truck Shop Manual can be viewed online...
1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years
Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 | I'll tie this into an old thread. How does the squirrel cage come off the motor shaft? I removed the set screw and loaded the shaft with Kroil / Liquid Wrench, but the cage won't budge. Does it unscrew off the shaft? Maybe I need to be more patient with the Liquid Wrench.... Squirrel cage stuck on motor shaft | | | | | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 649 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 649 | I recently remove the squirrel cage on my airflow heater. The cage just had a clip vs set screw. I braced the cage and with my air hammer I was able to drive the shaft out of the cage. It was very tight, I've heard some guys apply a little heat to the cage. Gotta make sure you don't mushroom the end of the shaft!
Phil | | | | | Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 | I drove the collar of the squirrel cage back towards the motor to loosen it up after spraying it with Liquid Wrench several times / several days. Once it got loose on the motor shaft, I did determine that there was a slight mushroom on top of the shaft. I filed that down a bit and got the cage off. Now onto cleaning the metal... | | | | | Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 | Wow - nothing cleans metal like a sandblaster. Found a local powder coating company who cleaned my heater parts up for a great price (too much to have the whole heater powder coated). Got them primed so I can store them until I'm ready to tackle the re-assembly. Sand-blasted heater parts Primed heater parts | | | | | Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 235 | I finally re-assembled my heater. I found a great slate blue color for the housing that is very close to the darker blue of the two tone interior. Used stainless steel screws to make it pop against the blue background. I painted the interior a satin black for contrast, although it will never be seen..... Bob's heater album This was so much fun, I am ready to do another. I'll put the decals and the badge on it next or perhaps after I mount it in the truck. | | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 |
good idea to mount it before the decal. My decal looked level until I installed the heater. Now it's cocked.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,756 | From the title of this I expected a intelligent discussion on superchargers vs.turbo's
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