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BOATPOKER
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:06 pm    Post subject: heater box Reply with quote

can this heater box be repaired there is a opening around where the exhaust elbow meets the heater box.
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also should I be concern with the corrosion on the block?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wow! Is there a piece missing right above number 1?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

its not as bad as it looks in the photo
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why not just buy some new or good used heaterboxes?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 6:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Randy in Maine wrote:
Why not just buy some new or good used heaterboxes?


Because that cost money. Razz
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a kit car only used in the summer, I do not need heat is there another option?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BOATPOKER wrote:
This is a kit car only used in the summer, I do not need heat is there another option?
those heater boxes are toast! if you don't need heat git a set of J-tubes
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