[FC] To James Davis re rear heat/air dist box...

[Merv Krull]

You mentioned that it is easy to access with the panel over the tranny
removed.... How do you remove that panel? It looks like the whole heater/air
system is bolted to it from underneath....? Looks like two main bolts along
with some connectors to the rear heater/air duct into the cabin...?
thanx!
Merv Krull
Salmon Arm
krupross@sunwave.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Davis" <jld@wk.net>
To: <corvanatics@corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: <FC> Holiday cheer


> Bryan, on top of the differential sits a heater distribution box.  It is a
> plastic thing that is lined with some sort of foam.  In the 1970, the
trick
> was to reline it with felt. Anyway, it collects heat and air from the
three
> engine hoses and distributes it to the rear duct and the front
> selector.  Every one that I have taken apart (it is in two pieced riveted
> together) was clogged with something. Take it out (easy with the panel
over
> the trans removed) and drill out the rivets; clean and degrease, reline (I
> still like felt) and reassemble with pop rivets.  If you need to patch it,
> fiberglass sticks fine. With it cleaned out, you will have heat you won't
> believe.
> Jim Davis
>
>
>
> At 06:54 AM 1/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >A bit late as usual, here's our news from the holidays.  Santa was pretty
> >good to us, Ellie got a tonneau cover for the truck, Brenden (#3 son) and
> >I got new workbenches, mine is out in the carport which will be real
handy
> >for projects, I already got to use it once.  The Greenbrier had been
> >making a clicking noise that clearly was coming from the left rear.  I'd
> >checked the u-joints and re-done the brakes, with everything looking
> >ok.  Finally, the noise got worse one day, so I got it up in the air and
> >got under it.  Well, I was close in my thinking it was a u-joint, turns
> >out the yoke had worn and the u-joint cap was walking around.  A new used
> >yoke from the Corvair Ranch and a new u-joint and the noise is finally
gone :-)
> >
> >Next up is checking out the heater, after driving the Corsa I'm pretty
> >well convinced that there's something wrong with the GB's heat.
> >Symptoms are not much air that's not very hot.  Since I'm not getting a
> >lot of crud onto the floor when it's on, I'm going to take the fan out
and
> >see if it's clogged (the van sat for a while) and check the cable
> >adjustments.  One of the hoses has a small hole in it, so those will be
> >replaced as well.  Finally, I'll be replacing the fan bearing, and I
think
> >the oil I'm getting on the engine is coming from the dipstick, so I'm
> >hoping that cleaning out the PCV and top cover will cure that.
> >It'll get a new fan belt too, this one was on the Brier when we got it
> >about 3 years and 15k miles ago, it has some cracks in it from age.
> >
> >Only bad part of the holidays is I found out the GRM challenge is on the
> >same day as Little League opening day, they moved it to be later this
> >year.  I was willing to blow off a practice weekend, but I want to be
> >there for the first game of the season.  Bummer.  On the bright side, it
> >got me moving to get the car together so I've had a Corvair car to drive
again.
> >
> >Best to everyone for the new year!
> >
> >Bryan Blackwell
>
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