Well, I was on Mud earlier this week have gotten my heater in my '71 40 torn apart looking for instructions on how to assemble Shanes kit. As posted elsewhere ( https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=121193 ) it was mentioned that Shane had some pics on assembly and I linked those to that thread as it took me a while to find them.
The first step was to remove and tear down the old heater. Simple enough to remove, just four bolts and the thing came right out.
I took the heater box completely apart and took the heater core to my neighborhood radiator shop where, for $15, it was boiled out and pressure tested and found to be in perfect shape.
I media blasted all the parts in my cabinet using 80 grit aluminum oxide and the came clean fast. I then boxed the heater up and brought it, (along with a second heater and some other parts) to sk8salamon in Chattanooga who works at a louver design plant where they also do some powder coating. He got all the stuff powder coated for me for a song and trade for some blasting here is how that came out:
Here is one of the heaters:
Next was to start assembly using the kit. I laid all the parts out on my over crouded work bench and was happy to find that all the screws were eactly as advertised:
The first step was to remove and tear down the old heater. Simple enough to remove, just four bolts and the thing came right out.
I took the heater box completely apart and took the heater core to my neighborhood radiator shop where, for $15, it was boiled out and pressure tested and found to be in perfect shape.
I media blasted all the parts in my cabinet using 80 grit aluminum oxide and the came clean fast. I then boxed the heater up and brought it, (along with a second heater and some other parts) to sk8salamon in Chattanooga who works at a louver design plant where they also do some powder coating. He got all the stuff powder coated for me for a song and trade for some blasting here is how that came out:
Here is one of the heaters:
Next was to start assembly using the kit. I laid all the parts out on my over crouded work bench and was happy to find that all the screws were eactly as advertised: