Re: Heater Core Blues

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2012/10/17 20:47:24

Thanks Howard, that is sort of what I thought. I took out 3 phillips head screws on the passenger side and the cover above the air vent loosed up but I needed to be sure of what came next. Does the water valve need to come up so as the slide the box to the side starboard side of the car? It acts like it wants to but I didn't want to force it. The hoses are all the same age and petrified. I hadn't planed on replacing them at this time but given the amount of effort this is taking I'll replace them now.

My fuel tank sending unit gaskets for both cars arrived today. Both tanks dripped gas if I filled them up and these gaskets are different than the ones I put on when I replaced the sending units. They look alot like the ones for the 23rd series and earlier where as these are more like an "O" ring. I know the ones I have don't work so I'll tackle the '55 tomorrow after I finish the heater core on the '51. I was going to do both but the '51 has over 3/4 of a tank of gas and I'm not ready to deal with that.

Thank you again Howard. I'll let everyone know how I came out.