honzy
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Looking for replacement or restoration suggestions for a 70 Swinger non air heater box.
Heater Box Restoration
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Alaskan_TA
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You can buy the kits to redo them at Mopar - A Body 1970-76 - 70 Dodge Dart - Detroit Muscle Technologies, LLC
Detroit Muscle is great stuff. Buy directly from them.
This guy does amazing work if you want to send it out but they are easy to do with a DMT kit
theheaterboxguy.com
theheaterboxguy.com
DemonK9
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Thanks for link/info......as I was just going to ask if there was a kit and where to get, as I have to drop my heater box to put in a new heater core coming up this spring..........and thought I might as well re-freshen the whole box.
Welcome aboard honzy, as above said the DMT kit is good. I will also add be extremely careful when removing small steel clamps that hold box halves together. Boxes are fragile and break/crack easily.
Take some of the strength out of clamps before reassembling box halves. There is a serious amount of tension on them.
Good luck
Take some of the strength out of clamps before reassembling box halves. There is a serious amount of tension on them.
Good luck
You sure are just did mine had to break out the fiberglass on one spot.
Make sure you get a quality core, a lot of them do not fit properly at all.
I would be VERY tempted to have my original recored. As Halifaxhops mentioned new ones are hit and miss for good fit. Whatever you do dont toss out your original.
DemonK9
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Yes, will do. I was following a thread on heater cores.....good/bad ones to order, I will have to find it again before ordering....thx
I still have my old one looking for a place locally that can fix it PROERLY!
GlenRay Radiator in Wisconsin.
I did my 72 box. I used a Spectra heater core and the fit good. Gaskets from DMT.
If you want to save the original core then Bob at GlenRay is the best.
I used to be next to Rich the heaterbox guy at Carlisle. He does really nice work.
If you want to save the original core then Bob at GlenRay is the best.
I used to be next to Rich the heaterbox guy at Carlisle. He does really nice work.
I am right across from him, great guys to deal with.
At Carlisle?
It does not need to be factory for Bob to do it. If you know the one in the box fits he can recore it. I just sent a core from a 63 that is not original and he said no problem.
Mike69barracuda
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I'm redoing mine this week. I bought the DMt gasket kit. It's a shame I paid $40 for the kit and only used a few gaskets for my non A/C airbox.
Yup. I had no interest in doing mine. Needed glass work, a core, vent door work etc. Had so many other things to do I farmed that out. Ricky did an amazing job and delivered it to Carlisle.
Gonna rant here, but this threads a perfect example of a lack of manners. Honky asks a question, people give great advice whether its tips tricks, restorers pictures you name it. But NOT 1 measly thanks, like, agree or anything. And people talk about lack of manners in young kids/people??
Check the age here.....
Check the age here.....
Huh??? Dude I think your phone's broke. There's multiples of each.......
Now there's a disagree too, lol.
Right back at ya!
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Not a 1 from the OP, is my point. Unless my phone is broke?
.Not a 1 from the OP, is my point. Unless my phone is broke?
Oh, I gotcha. My bad. I'm a little slow sometimes. Rant on!Right back at ya!
Not a 1 from the OP, is my point. Unless my phone is broke?
mopowers
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And to think, you could've just called them up and ordered the few you needed for a fraction of the cost. I did that when I re-did mine. It was very inexpensive and EXCELLENT quality!
It's all good. I shouldnt let stuff get to me.
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