Gettin' some Heat in my '71 Super (Page 2 of 2)

My instructions for replacing A pillar hoses. Not hard.

No need to remove the hood unless your hands are huge. You can work around the hinges.

Drivers side>

"You really should enlarge the inspection hole under the carpet at the bottom. Use a Dremel and double it's size but cut only towards the front of the car. So in effect cut another adjoining hole ahead of it. This is because just to the rear of the hole the metal is double thickness, for structural reasons I assume.

The old hose may have left remains on the nipple, like mine, which I scraped off with a bent coat hanger. Just a short piece with a bend in the end to work through the hole and scrape the nipple clean. This alone is a good reason to enlarge the hole.

Cut the new hose to size and clamp the "W" (#37 ) piece to it to use as a handle. Use a funnel to expand the lower end a little.

Holding the Y piece shove the hose down the "black hole" till you can see it in the inspection hole.

With the bent coat hanger hook the tube through the hole into place on the nipple.

Grab the W from above and screw it back and forth and down.

Check through inspection hole and pull down to check.

My hands aren't that big so I got around the hood hinge but you may find it in the way. The hoses from the W to the dash must go in front of the hinge so as to not get pinched. I had to go around a gas heater as well!

I sprayed a light mist of WD40 down the tube to repel moisture since that's what messed mine up in the first place.

Check the hoses in the dash as well remembering they can look OK on the outside.

I vacuumed my heat channels out and got lots of crap out. Also the little vents at the rear window allow air out which increases heat flow and helps clear the rear window. Mine both had old mouse nests in them.

Try not to mess with the hard plastic tubes connected to the dash vents.(#1 in diagram) It takes a lot of bad language to get them in and you have to remove the windshield and speedo and glove box to do it right."

Passenger side>

For the passenger side you will need to remove the glove box, I believe. I haven't done that side yet but other than access, it will be the same.

NOTE: If the glove box will be out for long you will want to leave the small bracket that is attached to the hood release handle. Undo the screw under the dash so the bracket goes with the glove box and be sure you leave the box where you can reach it through the hole if you shut the trunk.

You should also disconnect the battery ground as that bracket may touch the hot wire on the emergency switch.

If you have a gas heater it can be connected to the defrost on the drivers side very easily. I also have instructions for simple rear defrost if needed.

jim