RE: Heater

[ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx]

You have to be very careful cause they melt easy. I keep one of my 
wife's old blowdryers in  my toolbox for things like that.

Kevin Merkley wrote:
> 
> I have reattached the brittle vacuum line back on the manifold by 
> dipping the brittle hose in hot water (coffee, tea etc.) to soften it.
> 
> I have bad luck with matches and torches heating plastic tubing.
> 
> K.
> 
> 
> ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for the info Dan, I already have some new line...Advance auto 
> > parts carries very small vaccum line, so I will splice it together. I 
> > was able to heat the brittle end enough with a lighter to get it back 
> > onto the nipple, but I'm sure it will crumble eventually.
> > 
> > mcwheels@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > 
> > > I forgot to answer this part of your question last night Jeff. My hose 
> > > was brittle too but only the part that was under the hood. I just cut 
> > > off the bad part and spliced on some hose that I cut from an extra 
> > > connector I had. You should be able to get some new hose that size from 
> > > any auto parts store. I used one of those plastic connectors from the 
> > > Help section that they sell to connect winshield washer hose together. 
> > > One thing I should mention is that even after rebuilding everything I 
> > > was still having trouble getting the vacuum controls to work. I have 
> > > power brakes and there's a fitting screwed into the intake that the 
> > > power booster is pluged into. Comming off that fitting is a smaller 
> > > nipple that the heater vacuum hose goes to. After removing the fitting I 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > discovered the smaller nipple for the heater was plugged with carbon. I 
> > > used a small drill to clean it and sucked out the carbon. (still 
> > > remember spitting out the little junks of carbon, patooy lol) After that 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > everything worked fine.
> > > 
> > > Dan
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > ANOTHER heater question...the vaccum line from the intake to the heater 
> > > > control on my car is dry and brittle. I was going to replace the entire 
> > > > line but I discovered that it is formed into the 7 position rubber 
> > > > connector on the back of the switch. I'm sure I could just splice the 
> > > > line, but I'd like to know what you guys have done with this issue.
> > >  
> > > > > > Jeff Adams
> > > > > > 64 Polara
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Jeff Adams
> > 64 Polara
> 
> 
> 
> Kevin R. Merkley
> Thunder Bay, Ontario
> 64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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