Well I'm just a hack so any info I pass along, I've learned it from someone else on this site.
Yeah maybe in your mind but you are a fun part of the family and I love seeing your banter.
Of course I am wearing the club hoodie!!
I think it’s time for Rob to join the takeover shenanigans.
Well done Rob! Really nice work on the explanation and video! The rubber air hose grommets were clever idea.
Me too!! Seriously was hoping to be there this year but we sold our house of 20 years and don’t have a place to live yet. Bought a 6 acre horse pasture to build a little retirement cottage but don’t have the plans or permits yet - so will have to rent somewhere for a year or so. I have to go from 6 garages to probably none - so you know that is going to be painful!!
I live in Alaska man……the engine heat by itself doesn’t warm cab enough by itself much less keep the front window from fogging in the winter time. It fogs up pretty bad when raining out or crossing rivers too so a legit defrost will be welcomed.
I am not an expert but my experience was to work quickly when the hoses are exposed. I did not have any trouble with air in the lines.
Here is what I did. Put the heater on the bench with the core lines up. Remove the caps and fill the heater with colant and put the caps back on. Leave the caps on while you mount the heater. Crimp the coolant line you will be splicing into as advised by @RobSparre Splice your lines and run the length through the gromits to the heater. Cut the hoses to length and crimp one of them while you fill the other with coolant. Once that line is full, pop the cap off the heater core and rush that hose onto it. Take the crimp off your other line, fill it and install it as you did the first hose. It will make a small mess so put some towels down and try not to get coolant on the core fins if you can help it. (Make sure all crimps are removed) Pop the radiator cap and fill to the top and put the cap back on. Fill overflow between the two marks. Mine sucked up a full quart of coolant and doing it this way saved a big air bubble in the system. From there, just follow the instruction for any remaining air as advised.
Aw shucks - it wernt nuthin! Lol
Well I edited out the cussing before I uploaded the video - lol. Doing the video slows me down and helps me make better decisions. I am impatient by nature and often take shortcuts I shouldn’t. Plus I like to have an excuse to write original music soundtracks and make dumb jokes. It all works out
