Spitfire1974 » Restoration » Heater

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The heater box will be different from either an MGB or a TR-6. Clean out the crud inside, refresh the foam bits and straighten out any electrical issues. Luckily, this is a hidden box, not out in the open like on an MG.

Heater control valve packing and flange	Heater valve disassembly (1)	Heater valve disassembly (3)	Heater valve disassembly (4)	Heater valve disassembly (5)
Heater valve disassembly (6)	Heater valve disassembly (7)	Heater valve disassembly (8)	Heater valve disassembly (14)	Heater valve disassembly (9)
Heater valve disassembly (10)	Heater valve disassembly (11)	Tumbled parts	Prepping hose adapter	Internal parts cleaned and tumbled (3)
Plated heater valve hardware and fittings	Assembled heater valve (2)	Parts book says valve side up	RV sealant around holes in bulkhead	Pictures on line all show valve down installation (1)
Pictures on line all show valve down installation (2)	Temperature valve cable	Heater controls on dash	Heater controls mount to flange with spacers 01	Heater controls mount to flange with spacers 02
Temperature control bracket	Windscreen wiper tubing and temperature control cable	Heater fasteners	remote flapper control 01	remote flapper control 02
perished foam at heater tub interface	control cable and flapper control	dual flapper controls remote and cable 02	Heater flap control cable	Disassembly of motor side of heater
Heater back unfastened	Foam on inside of heater back to isolate airflow through cores	heater cores	Foam on inside of heater for cores (2)	Resistor for two speed fan
Cleaned and lubed heater flap control and fan switch	Testing high speed	Testing low speed	Heater fan wiring (1)	Heater fan wiring (3)
Cleaning up heater motor speed resistor	painted heater box	Motor and fan assembly with bracket (1)	Motor and fan assembly with bracket (2)	Foam in heater box cover
Heater box cleaned and painted	Foam in heater box note foam on standoffs	Slipping heater core past the foam using card stock	Heater core in place note foam on heater inlet and outlet	Resistor assembly riveted in place (1)
Resistor assembly riveted in place (2)	Assembled heater (1)	Assembled heater (2)	Assembled heater (3)	1 inch high density foam for bulkhead interface (1)
1 inch high density foam for bulkhead interface (2)	1 inch high density foam for bulkhead interface (3)	1 inch high density foam for bulkhead interface (4)	trimmed washers and fender washers for heater bolts	heater bolt holes exposed
heater bolted in place (1)	heater bolted in place (3)	installed cables and wires (1)	installed cables and wires (2)	Note how foam takes up the bulkhead slant RV sealant is also visable

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