<VV> Help, heater hose installation on a 1965

[Robert Marlow]

Step one:  Become smaller and skinnier.  Or, find a helper who is.

I've done the job that you describe, but as you know I am smaller and 
skinner.  And STILL I invented some new words.  But I have also used two 
of the ideas that you have considered:  Used pliers to create a lead 
angle (carefully, and conservatively), and used a lubricant (but not wax 
or grease for the reason you cited.  I used ArmorAll).

In the Tech Guide (or somewhere) I once saw a tip about making a metal 
extension for the left side of the heater box.

Wish I had that scissors lift!

--Bob

Clark Hartzel wrote:
> OK guys and gals, you have all done this at one time or another.  How do
> you get the long heater hose onto the heater box?  The right side was
> easy enough as you can access it thru the wheel well.  The left side
> hose connects to the heater above and past the transmission and I can
> barely see up there let alone get my arm in there.
> My first problem was I ordered the rubber hoses from Clark's and they
> sent two equal length pieces, one way too long for the right side and
> the other too short for the left side.  I have figured out I can take
> the piece I cut off and attach it to the other hose by using a coffee
> can with the ends cut out.  My problem is I can't slide the hose onto
> the heater tube.  Some solutions I have thought of are:  1. Cut an
> access hole in the rear package tray so I can get at it from the top.
> 2. Take some pliers and bend the metal tube inward to be less than 4"
> dia. to make a lead angle.  3. Spray some wax or grease into the hose to
> make it slide on easier (that ought to smell good in the heater!)  Right
> now the car is on a scissors lift and is about 4' above the garage
> floor.  Not high enough to stand under and too high to lie on my back!
> What have you done?
> Clark Hartzel
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