Heater Done!

Got the control cables reattached and the inside of the car buttoned up. Fired up the engine and let it get good and warm and... nothing. No heat! I was dreading the idea of having to disassemble all of that stuff again, but then, suddenly, the air from the heater got hot! Only thing I can figure is there was an air bubble or something. Hopefully no need to disassemble again for a good long time. If I *do* need to take it back apart, we will be making some changes!

Connected the heater hoses... no leaks yet!

The blower motor is back in place and I fabricated new rubber ducting between intake, blower and plenum. I got the hoses attached but the inside work still needs to be done, with reattaching the Bowden cables and ducting, mounting the heat control knob and putting the trim back in place.

The plenum is mounted back in the car and the vacuum tank is mounted below it. None of the cables or lines are connected yet.

Heater Core

Have the heater core mounted in the plenum and the new electric servo controlled heater valve attached. I am working on how to get the straight end of the valve connected down to the bottom of the plenum. Stay tuned.

Heater Core

Had the heater core recored at a local shop and was going to get the Ranco valve rebuilt by a guy in San Diego but... along the way I got hooked up with an electric servo controlled heater valve from Vintage Air. This will be interesting.

Heater

Pulling the heater assembly to find the leak and get everything working. Getting the blower out of the way proved to be fun and the manual has no diagrams to go along with the description. Once the fan was out, the 4 case bolts out, and the vacuum tank dropped, I had to rotate the heater unit so that the side usually facing to the left was now facing the front in order to clear the inner wall of the fender. Not much room in there. The unit is now out and I have to determine where the leak is and how to fix it. And speaking of the vacuum tank. There was nearly a half-gallon of brake fluid in it. It was completely full! I guess when the previous owner rebuilt the master cylinder, they did not check for that. The vac hose looks original too.