Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by Cli55er On 2015/6/1 15:23:16

some more garage time was afforded.

I actually put together the heater box with screws. stainless #10 metal screws. not exact matches to the originals, but they worked fine. plus I hate flat head screws...prefer Phillips. I used some clear RTV for the gasket on the heater core. its the same stuff they use on aircraft, so I'm pretty sure it can handle the job.

you can see the heater box doesn't really sit too flat on the firewall at the top. its as close as I can get it. I may take it back off and puts some black RTV at the top to seal it better so water wont leak down through it into the car.

I also don't know what those small screw holes are for on the interior side of the firewall. (red circles) I thought about a screw through one of those to pull the heater box towards the firewall, but idk.

fixed the fuel door using some metal rod I found at Lowe's that was close to the original size. it worked well. again stainless screws to hold the door on. yes I put the spring back on, just didn't get a good pic of it.

I put back together the high beam switch. its not pretty but it is smooth as butter.

I repaired the heater valve as well, no idea if it will spew water all in the car or not. I'm not sure how to test it.

I painted the horn with appliance paint...super hard enamel paint. love the stuff. can't ding or scratch it much at all. pretty close to powder coating in a can. yes I will make sure of a good ground.

the auxiliary vacuum tank needs a good blasting, but I noticed when I was cleaning it that the nozzle was loose. I guess they used lead at the factory to secure it in the hole. I melted all of that out with a torch and then just welded the nozzle in. its not pretty, but it held 20 psi of vacuum. so...I call that good enough.

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