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.

Repaired right exhaust pipe hanger near front wheel.

Repairing the bad ground in the right tail/turn light and replacing the lens gaskets.

Power Locks!

Finished up the wiring of the locks, keyless, wipers and even cleaned up the fuel pump wiring. I added a small add-on fuse block and tapped into the battery power terminal in the left kick panel. This gave me 4 circuits to play with. I wired the locks and keyless to one circuit that is always on, of course. The fuel pump had been temporarily wired to the Acc terminal on the original fuse block and I now wired it into the auxiliary block. Since we only want power to it when the key is in Run, I tapped a wire in the back of the original block to energize a relay for the pump. I ran the wipers the same way, using a relay so they cut off when you turn off the key. I also replaced the black wiper knob with a '58 radio knob I got at Cooper's for $5. Not sure I like it.

Put the right lock motor in today and got everything wired up except for the keyless unit and tying it all into the car's electrical. I'll save that for next weekend. No need to rush.