Tom,
I'm guessing that you pulled the hoses of the heater core ends instead of
cutting the hose with a razor blade and then removing them? The core is
probably still good and here's what you need to buy and how you can check
it:
1. Buy a tire inner tube.
2. Two hose clamps
You need to cut the tube in half so you can clamp then ends on either core
tube so you can apply air to pressurize the core through the schrader valve.
I just use hose clamps to secure the hose end to the core.
Apply some air pressure to the tube and submerge the core in a bucket of
water to see where it's leaking. I'm going to guess it leaks only where the
tube enters the actual core.
I just use some 60/40 solder, flux and my torch with a 00 tip to fix my
friends who did the same thing.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: tcape <tcape@weblnk.net>
To: Oletrucks <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:02 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] The Great Heater Core Massacre
>Well, I've been having great luck with my truck for quite a while......so I
>guess it was time for something to go wrong. Yesterday, I decided I'd
>replace the old heater hose. Took the old hoses off, got new hose from
NAPA
>and put it on with little trouble. When I looked in the cab, anti-freeze
>was pouring out of the bottom of the heater .......*&^%$# (very strong
>expletive deleted). Guess I broke something loose in the heater while
>replacing the hoses. I've tried to find "heater core" info in the
archives,
>but the archives are down and I can't get to them. I'd sure appreciate
some
>help with this.
>
>1. Does this mean my heater core is gone?
>2. How do I check it out.....take the front of the heater off?
>3. How do I get the heater apart?
>4. What do I look for to tell me if my heater is a total loss?
>5. If I need a new heater core, where's the best place to get one?
Cost??
>6. Right now, I have a piece of heater hose looped from the two places
>where the original hose was connected to the engine. (Took the two heater
>hoses off the engine and put on a "U" shaped piece of hose.) Can I drive
>the truck OK with this set-up?
>
>I'd sure appreciate any info you folks can offer!
>Tom Caperton
>47-2nd 3100....in Whiteville, NC
>tcape@weblnk.net
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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