View Single Post
Old 09-28-2020, 02:31 PM   #1518
basketcase
Registered User
 
basketcase's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Edgerton OH USA
Posts: 627
Re: What did you do to your truck today.The 3rd chapter

Quote:
Originally Posted by pjmoreland View Post
It sure was a lot of work. I'm not sure I did anything unique on this repair. I followed various pieces of guidance I found from searching the forum. I used pieces of wood to support the hood while the hinge was removed. I removed the inner fender (I had already removed it to do some rust repair and paint). I had a hard time separating the heater box from the firewall because the previous owner had glued it on there with an excessive amount of RTV silicone. I purchased a copper/brass heater from npdlink.com based on lots of comments about the aluminum cores not fitting. I purchased a heater box seal set from GMC Paul's and glued the round seal and air box seal to the air box with weatherstrip adhesive.
I got lucky with mine. The truck was all apart when I got it and had 3 cores and housings
in the boxes. One tested good and was an easy install with the whole front end off the truck. I hope I never have to go back in there.

Tom
__________________
'69 swb stepside in progress.
'59 Corvette lifetime project
basketcase is offline   Reply With Quote