[DeTomaso] What I like about my car

[John Taphorn]

Go to the Space City website.  Steve Hawkins penned an article with part 
numbers.  I bought the recommended motor last week.

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Weston" <lplugw at hotmail.com>
To: <jderyke at aol.com>
Cc: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What I like about my car



I couldn't wait. I went back down to the shop and the dead blower motor is 
now out. I had to drain out the coolant and undo (cut) the lines in the 
cabin but I have valves in my heater hoses back in the engine compartment so 
that was a cinch. All I had to drain was the heater core and cabin lines. 
Not a drop spilled on the carpet either. I did not have to undo the A/C 
lines so my charge of R12 remains intact. Actually the foam and air ducting 
hoses are intact but are kind of stiff. Now would be a good time to freshen 
them up. That black sticky insulation stuff that goes on the hose ends 
around the evaporator valve, etc. is in rough shape too. I know Eastwood 
sells that stuff.
I had a link to a source for a multispeed blower motor that I cannot find. 
Any suggestions?
I could use a A/C dash louver assy too.
Thanks.

From: jderyke at aol.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:24:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What I like about my car
To: lplugw at hotmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com

In a message dated 1/20/10 5:00:59 PM, lplugw at hotmail.com writes:



Yesterday the windshield came out, today the dashboard is out and the heater 
box is staring back at me, tomorrow the dead blower motor will be in my 
hands. It's in the twenties and I'm already thinking about how great it will 
be to have A/C again, not to mention all the other little details I've got 
in mind.

Whatever your intentions are this winter, if you haven't started yet, now is 
a good time.



Good for you. Larry! Dig in there!

Now that the dash is out there are two easy replacements: first, the paper 
flex-tubes often used to guide defroster air, are usually destroyed by time. 
They are easy to install if the dash is out and difficult if its in place.

The second is the square foam 'doughnuts' between the heater/AC box outlets 
and the actual dadshboard. Impossible to replace with the dash in, simple 
with it out. These things gasket the abysmally poor alignment between dash & 
steel box, to guide the cold air coming out of the evaporator. They are 
usually disintegrated. Both tubes & doughnuts are cheap to replace.

Good luck- J DeRyke
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