Covering this yet again (because I got PM's about it last time).
If you are replacing the heater valve (likely due to leaking), do yourself a YUUUGE favor and replace the heater core also.
I now replace the original core with a Lada unit from "LADA POWER". They are $25 spank'n new, the correct...
I just finished replacing the heater valve in my 85 X1/9 with AC Heater box. I'll start off with saying that was a nightmare of a job due to two things. One, the location of the old valve is a royal pain to get to, makes the paddle box look like easy access. Two, a OEM replacement valve is no...
I watched @markx19 (Mark Weinberger) latest short video on his "Green Machine" series number 20 where at about 1:00 in he shows reinstalling a fan shroud for the early year non-AC heater box. I've just recently done mine (thanks again to @Mark Olson for the upper box!) and I did not see this...
The heater core in the AC equipped X is different from the non-AC core. My AC heater core is now leaking from the core portion so I'm looking for options. New AC style cores do not seem to be available (at least not that I could find). So I'm looking for other possible replacements.
There's a...
My original heater core start leaking.
I was inspired by the post of Tim,Todd and Jeff an they convinced me to pull the trigger for a brand new Fiat 24 heater core from our suppliers.
Last weekend I remove the heater box from the car to work on it on the bench.
There's some pictures of the...
I now have the nonAC heater box all put together and ready to install. I ended up using the spider heater core and modifies the heater box.
First I ground off the heater core support tabs and flipped the cable support just like everyone said.
Than I machined off about 3/8 of an inch from the...
Folks,
I recently posted a thread in Workshop forum asking about replacement heater cores. @Jefco suggested a 124 core with some customization to the heater box. He posts pics of the size differences here I used it as direction and did the following:
I bought a core from VicksAuto
Removed the...
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