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Subject:Re: Removing the rear heater
From:Bob Donalds
Date:Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:24:35 -0400

Ron 'Coyote' Lussier wrote:
>
> Folks,
>
> I had Fred's Garage remove the rear heater (under the bench in my westy.)
> Whoa!  That thing took up a lot of room!  Suddenly I feel like I have a
> whole new storage space.
>
> Unfortunately, when they removed the heater, they left the connector hoses
> spliced together under the seat.  Since these are now just hanging there,
> and since they get fairly hot, I'd like to get them out of there.
>
> Does anyone know if it's possible to close this loop inside the engine
> compartment?  Ideally, I'd just put a nice tight loop of hose which wouldn't
> need to enter the passenger compartment.
>
> Thanks for your advice,
> Coyote
>
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> Ron 'Coyote' Lussier   (     )    \ _/__
> coyote@macromedia.com   \   /      \X  /  1991 Syncro Westy 'Francis'
> 1.650.481.4847           \_/         \/             San Francisco, CA

Coyote
they make a union with a cap it was originaly used to flush the heater
core its called a flushing tee made by prestone it works great as a
splice or to replace the tees
Bob