JIPJOBXX Posted December 27, 2013 Report Posted December 27, 2013 Has anyone here replaced there heater core? I know mine is not up to snuff it put out a little heat but not much. Jon Quote
nonstop Posted December 27, 2013 Report Posted December 27, 2013 I had mine recored - it was leaking, so I had no baseline for it. Puts out okay heat - I was able to get more by fiddling with the levers and keeping it in the summer spot. Quote
55 Fargo Posted December 27, 2013 Report Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Jon, make sure that core is good and clean, leak free, or have it recored. For winter, you want that little sucker to heat, run a 180 t/stat, not a 160, get yourself another heater too, and run dual heaters, 1 for defrost and 1 for heat.... Edited December 27, 2013 by Fargos-Go-Far Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted December 27, 2013 Author Report Posted December 27, 2013 Like that idea but where would I get another heater??? and where would I place it? Quote
_shel_ny Posted December 27, 2013 Report Posted December 27, 2013 (edited) Junkyard/ebay/p15-d24 classified. Driver's side if you don't already have the dual heaters. Edit: (Perhaps the '42 did not have the knockouts in the firewall for second heater) Edited December 27, 2013 by shel_ny Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted January 2, 2014 Author Report Posted January 2, 2014 Went to a car show yesterday and was looking at a latter plymouth and I might just might have my hose hoked up wrong. I noticed on his heater outlet connections the hoses were opposite of mine. You would think the connection nearest the valve on the head would be the right location but his its the one on the other side. So I will go out and buy another lenth of water hose and see what happens when I proceed in this direction. Jon Quote
Niel Hoback Posted January 2, 2014 Report Posted January 2, 2014 If you don't have a temperature control valve, it won't make any difference which way the hoses are connected. Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted January 3, 2014 Author Report Posted January 3, 2014 I was wondering can you just crank down on that valve on the head and control the amount of heat??? There is nothing in my books about this? Quote
_shel_ny Posted January 3, 2014 Report Posted January 3, 2014 I was wondering can you just crank down on that valve on the head and control the amount of heat??? There is nothing in my books about this? If it is a manual valve, you can open it for heat, close it for no heat. That is what I did with mine. The cable operated ones could be partially opened, so I suppose you could do the same thing with the manual one as well. Quote
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