Stock heater

[pflaming]

Tinkered around with the heater, it WORKS! The core and the motor are nice and clean, the shell is very rusty but salvagable. Question: The heater is about 10" Square, with one 3" exhaust port. There are two small manual opening doors. I would guess the port is for the defrost, the doors for cabin heat. How much heat does this thing produce? Is it worth messing with?

[Frank Elder]

You should at least have some defrost in Reedley, to keep all that ice and snow off the windshield..lol. Put it in Paul, you won't regret it if you decide to go to higher elevations, the desert or mountains can get chilly at night. Or what if you decide to move or go for a run up the coast?

Frankie

[Don Coatney]

The heater will produce enough heat to give your cabin a fever. Make sure you install a water shut off valve for summer driving.

[pflaming]

Most of us Californeans heat bricks and carry some maryjane to keep warm!

Went to search and saw the midwest / Eastern heaters! Now those are heaters!!! Mine is an Arizona special, must have been designed to take people's money, yet I think I will install it and see what it does.

Seems when I do a search, for example, I put in heaters and I get a whole lot more than heaters! Is there a way to get a more precise search? Should I put heaters in quotation marks or is the search quite general in nature and I need to understand that?

[Frank Elder]

Any post or thread depending on which you choose will pop up if it has the word "heater" in it. If you stick with threads the topics MAY be less general, but there is no doubt some misc. junk will be there.

[norrism1]

My heater in the 51 B3B was a purple color. Dont know if color has to do with temperate zones or not. Maybe someone here can clarify!

[Reg Evans]

Here's what the stock heater looks like. From the factory it is painted sort of a maroon color like this one with a silver circle around the embossed MoPar Truck Master logo.

[pflaming]

Reg, thankyoui, after seeing pictures in "search" for heaters, I realized I do not have a stock heater. I had to replace the core in my S-10 Chevy, I think an S-10 heater/AC would fit in a Pilot-house. May see what I can get one from Picker-Parts and put one in.

Merry Christmas

[Mario Loya B1B]

It may not be MoPar but my Arvin performs like a champ. I've considered going stock, but am in no hurry.

[greg g]

Arvins were a very popular aftermarket selection maybe even dealer installed heaters in their day. Pretty much a KISS product in installation and operation.

[pflaming]

My heater is was mfg by Mobile Products Div., Hupp, Cleveland, Ohio, mobel 356 Heater. There is even a zip code on the label, don't know when the zip code system began, but I think it was later than the '50's. It has a fan not a squirell cage so will not throw heat like some I'm seeing.