[DeTomaso] Heater tubes

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

No matter how you cut them you have to open the top of the center tunnel
underneath the console to get to the spot welded brackets that hold the
pipes to the inside of the tunnel wall.

Tomas



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 	 	From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso
[detomaso at server.detomasolist.com]
Sent: 30/9/2016 7:30:41 AM
To: rob at dumoulins.net;dkohair at comcast.net
Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater tubes 


In a message dated 9/29/16 18 22 40, rob at dumoulins.net writes: 


> No! Cut the old tubes out. New tubes from vendors are pre-cut into 2 
> pieces 
> with rubber connectors. Might as well get new gaskets for the frame
rail 
> holes while you are at it. Getting those installed around the tubes
and 
> staying in the holes was the hardest part. 
> 

>>>Rob, 

I suspect you have issued the right answer, to the wrong question. :>) 

Your answer seems to be addressing the radiator pipes, and it's right
on. 
But he is asking about the HEATER pipes inside the cabin. They are 
secured with clamps that are spot-welded to the inside of the chassis. I
have 
read others here describing how they replaced them, but I am fairly
certain 
it's impossible to install new pipes with the engine in place. Removing
the 
old ones can be done though, although it usually involves cutting them
out 
in small pieces. Then you can run long lengths of heater hose in lieu of
the metal pipes (sub-optimal solution). 

Mike	
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   No matter how you cut them you have to open the top of the center
   tunnel underneath the console to get to the spot welded brackets that
   hold the pipes to the inside of the tunnel wall.

   Tomas
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       From: Mike Drew via DeTomaso [detomaso at server.detomasolist.com]
   Sent: 30/9/2016 7:30:41 AM
   To: rob at dumoulins.net;dkohair at comcast.net
   Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater tubes
   In a message dated 9/29/16 18 22 40, rob at dumoulins.net writes:
   > No! Cut the old tubes out. New tubes from vendors are pre-cut into 2
   > pieces
   > with rubber connectors. Might as well get new gaskets for the frame
   rail
   > holes while you are at it. Getting those installed around the tubes
   and
   > staying in the holes was the hardest part.
   >
   >>>Rob,
   I suspect you have issued the right answer, to the wrong question. :>)
   Your answer seems to be addressing the radiator pipes, and it's right
   on.
   But he is asking about the HEATER pipes inside the cabin. They are
   secured with clamps that are spot-welded to the inside of the chassis.
   I have
   read others here describing how they replaced them, but I am fairly
   certain
   it's impossible to install new pipes with the engine in place. Removing
   the
   old ones can be done though, although it usually involves cutting them
   out
   in small pieces. Then you can run long lengths of heater hose in lieu
   of
   the metal pipes (sub-optimal solution).
   Mike