Conn47D24 Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Recent purchase of a cowl vent housing under resto . My D24 came with the passenger heater only and several years ago I found a NOS driver side heater. This should tie the two together nicely when I'm done. Currently blasting and painting. Found a rubber bellows in Hersey a few weeks ago. Interesting 1940's TECH , The screen to filter out the bugs was lined with horse hair ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 FYI the seal for the rectangle door is available new. I believe I reused the round seal and made the ones for the cowl and heaters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 clay: if you have the dual heater then there would have been two metal pipes that will direct the water to the two heaters. There is a metal connector that screws into the bypass connection for the metal lines. Some have made the new lines from electricl conduit and used a flare fitting with the crushable fitting to make the connections. Rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn47D24 Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Thanks Ed, I'll be looking for that seal. Rich, I haven't figured out the plumbing yet . Good tips. I think I've seen photos here of copper piping that looked cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 6 hours ago, Conn47D24 said: Thanks Ed, I'll be looking for that seal. Rich, I haven't figured out the plumbing yet . Good tips. I think I've seen photos here of copper piping that looked cool. Somewhere years back is a thread from when I redid my dual heaters. My car didn't have the piping on it when I got it but I eventually found a setup in a junkyard off a Dodge. Original is steel but I did replace one piece of mine with copper and after I painted all the pipes to match no one has ever noticed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn47D24 Posted October 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Ed, if you have any photos it sure would help. No rush. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Conn47D24 said: Ed, if you have any photos it sure would help. No rush. Thank you check that out and let us know if you still have questions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn47D24 Posted October 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Thank you Ed ! I see the split set up now. pretty sure I've seen it done with metal piping that looked really cool. I did find rubber weather stripping by the foot that I will try and make my own seals. I'll post photos when done. Clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn47D24 Posted November 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Update on heaters. Opened up the Comfort Master 53. Original to my D24 Club Coupe. Taking the core to my radiator shop for testing. Here is what they look like. Also, I brought the NOS Comfort Master 54 to the local auto paint store. They used a gadget to scan the paint and mixed me up a spray can to match. Will repaint the 53 and related under dash brackets etc. to match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn47D24 Posted November 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Before and After ! The horse hair filter is now synthetic. Por-15 , and color to match the heaters. Feels good to save another piece from the scrap yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ194950 Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Very nice work and color! DJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busycoupe Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Nice work! What is the round rubber piece for? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 I have thought of dual heaters also, but I would use one for the defroster one for heat only. These heaters put out a LOT of heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 8 hours ago, pflaming said: I have thought of dual heaters also, but I would use one for the defroster one for heat only. These heaters put out a LOT of heat. only to you CA guys. I drove my coupe with the dual heaters on full up to storage when it was maybe 20°. I wasn't cold but I never needed to turn them down either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn47D24 Posted November 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 Round rubber bellows fits the linkage for the cowl door opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted November 11, 2017 Report Share Posted November 11, 2017 I seldom use my 10" square heater and when I do I run it in on low fan. My reason for dual heaters is for my daughter in Indianapolis, who will get the truck. To have a heater and a defroster might be nice, although Indianapolis is not a super cold climate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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