Heaters?

PLeterC, There were thousands of South Wind heaters installed, I have never heard of any causing anything but lots of fast heat. I even had a Airplane with one, where would you least want something dangerous than in an Airplane?
 
keith oh said:
PLeterC, There were thousands of South Wind heaters installed, I have never heard of any causing anything but lots of fast heat. I even had a Airplane with one, where would you least want something dangerous than in an Airplane?
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[FONT=&quot]Yes - There was a South Wind unit installed - obviously the car did not burn as a result - I just cringe with the idea of a fuel line in the interior of the car - just preference - and by pure coincidence - I flew a plane with 92 gal fuel tanks in each wing and an 85 gallon auxiliary tank right behind my seat with the fuel selector valve between my legs ... so certainly aware of fuel in the cockpit area – just prefer these days to not have it that close in my Ford![/FONT]
 
FL&WVMike, No it is not like the one you pictured. As I said it is much like the Model A heaters. The right hand exhaust manifold was cast with a heat exchanger as part of it then a cover placed over it and air went directly through the firewall useing the engine fan air directly.
 
As long as there is a heater thread going, I am going to post a question in here, rather than start a new post.
I have a 1935 Ford 1-1/2 ton truck, Model 51, recently purchased, not currently road worthy, but close.
It has a water heater that appears to be factory, but I have no way to compare or determine that. Mostly, I am puzzled by the hose routing.
The upper hose comes out of the heater core, and is fitted to a tee sitting on top of the right head. From there, the two hoses attached to the tee go to each water pump, each fitted with a fitting coming out the side. The water pumps are both cast with the fittings in them.
The lower hose comes out of the heater, and go to a tee, which is fitted to a pipe threaded into the right side lower block. From there, a hose goes to left side lower block, with a fitting going into the block, and a drain valve.
All of the hoses are typical 3/4" or so heater type hoses.
Is there anyone who can tell me why the hoses would be routed in such a manner? Has anybody ever seen anything similar?
 
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PeterC said:
[FONT=&quot]Yes - There was a South Wind unit installed - obviously the car did not burn as a result - I just cringe with the idea of a fuel line in the interior of the car - just preference - and by pure coincidence - I flew a plane with 92 gal fuel tanks in each wing and an 85 gallon auxiliary tank right behind my seat with the fuel selector valve between my legs ... so certainly aware of fuel in the cockpit area – just prefer these days to not have it that close in my Ford![/FONT]
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I drove a 41 Chevy with a South Wind heater. Loved that heater, on the coldest day instant heat.
 
Never seen anything like that. Sounds like a lot more plumbing than necessary. Maybe the original owner was not getting enough heat and thought he would get more using coolant from both sides of the engine? All I have seen just have one hose in from the head and a return to the lower right rad hose or water pump.
 
I've grown weary of trying to get the right temperature out of my heater and into the car since there was no control on the hot water - it just flowed full blast all the time - and there were only two fan speeds. On high fan it just got too hot and on low speed the air coming out of the heater was just as hot if not hotter resulting in my right foot roasting and my left foot and back seat passengers freezing. What I wanted was to be able to keep the fan on high but turn down the heat so that it would circulate evenly through the car and keep the positive pressure that kept cold air from coming in any little cracks or gaps to the outside.

Fortunately I found this remote control water valve though O'Reilly's that screwed right into the block in place of the old style manual valve without even needing to replace the hose with a longer one.

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Added O'Reilly's remote control cable, (only came in 5' length so had to cut it down a couple of feet to fit perfectly)

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And installed the knob next to all of the other heater control knobs.

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Took a 400 mile road trip last weekend and it was so nice to be able to regulate the heat exactly as I wanted.
 
I've had a couple of PM's asking about part numbers for my heater temperature control system. Here's the O'Reilly valve: http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/se...?keyword=74683 That one is pretty pricy. I had to sleep on it a night to talk myself into buying it. Here's a much cheaper one from NAPA but it has to have a hose on each end. http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/R...=1&Dn=0&D=660-1271+HEATER+VALVE&Dk=1&Dp=3&N=0
Here's the control cable: http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...&keyword=55103
 
I have an aftermarket water heater just like the one sidevalve8ba shows. It works well. I will change it out for a vintage one if i ever get serious about restoring instead of driving.
 
Thanks Old Henry for putting in that information and adding the links. I have had a similar problem. Too hot or not enough. This will fix it.
 
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