Author Topic: 69 heater box rebuild (Read 288 times)

DougG69 · « **on:** August, 02, 2010, 09:03:41 PM »

Does anyone know if there should be some sort of gasket/sealer between the 2 halves of the heater box in a 69?

I have pulled mine apart & cleaned, painted, glued in new foam etc., and it seems like there should probably a gasket of some type, but there wasn't one in the rebuild kit and all the foam seals were pretty much dust. I am thinking of maybe using a little 3M strip caulk. Or?

Other than that, all I need to do is test the new heater core for leaks & put it all back together :pep

sigtauenus · « **Reply #1 on:** August, 05, 2010, 11:48:31 AM »

I used the strip caulk for mine. Just laid a single bead in the side that has the channel, squeeze the two sides together and then scrape off whatever squishes out from the seam.

DougG69 · « **Reply #2 on:** August, 05, 2010, 07:27:18 PM »

Cool, sounds like a plan. Thanks for the reply.

miketyler · « **Reply #3 on:** September, 07, 2010, 05:01:36 AM »

Yup, mine was glued with some sort of black stuff originally but was all dry and crumbly. I used strip caulk on mine as well.

Got pics of your finished box?