heater hookup query

[fred deagostino]

Gents, I'm in the process of putting a heater into this cobbled up car of mine and since the 282 motor in it was missing it's rad. and heater I'm looking for a sanity check on the inlet/outlet for the heater.

There's a fitting with a shutoff valve here that had to have come from either the cyl. head between #5 and 6 cylinders, or the snout on the water pump.

And also, I'm guesstimating that the inlet to the heater is the aformentined cyl head location and the return would be A: the one on the pump snout, or B: the top tank of the radiator (custom made) which also has provisions for the same size fitting.

Anyone have an intact 1940 120 that they could take a look at and point me in the right direction? C'mon, you guys haven't let me down yet! :-) Thanks in advance.................

[Guest imported_Speedster]

Here's a pic of a '40 (may be a 110 tho), with the heater hose connections visible. Connected to elbow at pump. There may be a valve at the cylinder Head, with 90 deg. outlet? I know my '37 had a valve, like that, at head.

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[mrpushbutton]

The outlet is going to be the one going into the pump. The added nipple on the radiator is a psyco-billy corner shell station thing committed by someone who only knows Chebbys. They always have to pull a packard down to their level.

[fred deagostino]

Speedster and Mrpushbutton, Thanks! I was kinda/sorta quessing that was the situation but was too gutless to just go ahead and do it.

By the way, regarding the heater itself, you should see this thing. It's basically round with a rotating grill in front, art deco type stuff, with the name Perfection on the bottom of the grill. 'Neat little thing. I found it lying on the floor of a late 40's Int. pickup in the junkyard but it's not from that truck. I'm guessing it was one of those generic type things that got used in a variety of vehicles (?). 'Ever hear of these?

[Guest imported_Speedster]

Yes, I have one of those small Round Heaters that I plan to use in the 645. It has a nice chrome bezel around the outside of vent louvers. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> and is small enough to fit, where most heaters are to large to fit the '29s available firewall space. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> It had a heater in it originally, but it was gone when I got the car, so it already has the water hose connections. <img src="http://forums.aaca.org/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[fred deagostino]

Yup, they're small enough, but since my 'Packard' has a model A Tudor body the passenger is going to suffer mightily in the footwell dept.

On the plus side, I'll be on the other side of the car... Always look for the silver lining ! :-)

Slick little heaters though. The miniature radiator that seves as the core would be cool even as a wall hanger although why waste it when you have around 30 gal. of coolant meandering around in that str. 8.