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Today I decided to get off my lazy butt and start doing a couple of things I want to get done on the deuce before it turns cold out.
I started off by putting on the cable operated drain valves I got a while ago. While I can reach the valves without crawling under the truck, it is a PITA having to hug the spare to do it. I have gotta say though, these valves are really sweet, I picked up a set of 5 from e-pay a little while ago to use on the truck , I also replaced the standard drain valve on my shop air compressor with a cable valve so I don't need to get on the floor to drain that tank any longer either. I'll have one for the new "super compressor" I'm putting together and one spare for future use.
After that I moved on the my salvage yard heater install. I finally picked up a couple of new valves from NAPA the other day to replace the ones already in the water jacket. Since I had the heater box already mounted, I took the heater core to a radiator shop and had it cleaned and tested so I have no worries about it leaking on me. Then I finished up the wiring of the blower, I replaced the original wire wound resistor with a better power resistor I bought from E-pay. It's got a nice aluminum heat sink, plus I mounted it on the firewall in the engine compartment rather than in the cab like the one was when I pulled it from the salvage yard. Installed another breaker for the heater and wired up the switch. I'm a firm believer in overkill, so I got a double pole switch to use for the heater and wired the contacts in series for both the high speed and low speed sides so they extinguish the arc much better than a single contact. Then I put a couple of new push/pull cables in that I also got from the friendly folks at NAPA for the diverter box and air inlet. All that's left to do is track down some duct hose. I can buy it from McMaster Carr, but they want you to buy 25' coils of it, since I only need a few feet of each 3" and 4" I'm looking for other sources.
Nothing really exciting, but it's the small improvements that help to make it into the truck I want.
I started off by putting on the cable operated drain valves I got a while ago. While I can reach the valves without crawling under the truck, it is a PITA having to hug the spare to do it. I have gotta say though, these valves are really sweet, I picked up a set of 5 from e-pay a little while ago to use on the truck , I also replaced the standard drain valve on my shop air compressor with a cable valve so I don't need to get on the floor to drain that tank any longer either. I'll have one for the new "super compressor" I'm putting together and one spare for future use.
After that I moved on the my salvage yard heater install. I finally picked up a couple of new valves from NAPA the other day to replace the ones already in the water jacket. Since I had the heater box already mounted, I took the heater core to a radiator shop and had it cleaned and tested so I have no worries about it leaking on me. Then I finished up the wiring of the blower, I replaced the original wire wound resistor with a better power resistor I bought from E-pay. It's got a nice aluminum heat sink, plus I mounted it on the firewall in the engine compartment rather than in the cab like the one was when I pulled it from the salvage yard. Installed another breaker for the heater and wired up the switch. I'm a firm believer in overkill, so I got a double pole switch to use for the heater and wired the contacts in series for both the high speed and low speed sides so they extinguish the arc much better than a single contact. Then I put a couple of new push/pull cables in that I also got from the friendly folks at NAPA for the diverter box and air inlet. All that's left to do is track down some duct hose. I can buy it from McMaster Carr, but they want you to buy 25' coils of it, since I only need a few feet of each 3" and 4" I'm looking for other sources.
Nothing really exciting, but it's the small improvements that help to make it into the truck I want.
