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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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    rebuilt my heater

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    Location : vista,ca
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    Post by stabbinwagon Sat May 18, 2013 9:21 am

    So I had 3 heaters all of them had issues but I mannaged to get one good heater by disecting all 3 of them.I ordered all new seals , a new decal, had the sheetmetal powdercoated semi gloss black and changed out all of the sheetmetal screws to 10-24 stainless button heads. I also took apart the motor and cleaned out 50 years of muck. I was amazed at original heater core design,it looked like it was engineered to fail.The heater control valve as in a steel tube that was bolted to the side of the copper core with nothing separating the dissimilar metals..any how here is the finished project...Im overly excited about it!9353a246rebuilt my  heater Heat210rebuilt my  heater Heat111rebuilt my  heater Heat310rebuilt my  heater Heat410
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    Post by Old Skool Sat May 18, 2013 10:32 am

    Man,,, I am envious of your shop,,,, nice job.
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    Location : Long Island, New York
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    Post by Donn Sat May 18, 2013 4:26 pm

    WOW GREAT JOB
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    Post by vanny Sat May 18, 2013 5:25 pm

    Wow, now it looks like it's built to last, built StabbinWagon Tough! Looks better than new...Nice piece of work!


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    Post by Magic Bus Sat May 18, 2013 7:01 pm

    Very nice, top notch!
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    Location : virginia
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    Post by gh0st Wed May 22, 2013 6:51 am

    So what heater core did you end up using, and what is that 4-corss pipe for?
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    Post by stabbinwagon Sat May 25, 2013 4:12 pm

    gh0st wrote:So what heater core did you end up using, and what is that 4-corss pipe for?
    I used a 83-94 ford ranger heater core,had to make a new hole in the bottom of the box,the tubes were a little closer together.The pipe picture is non related..it was titled "heater3" when i posted the pics.its a tenon adapter.

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