New heater boxes

Hey gurus-

Bought new heater boxes and muffler the other day and put them on last
night. Everything lined up pretty well except for the lower connection
(wide band clamp)that mates the two together. This is the connection
below the pulley cover, not the one that accepts the hose from the fan
shroud. I don't think there is anything I'm missing, it just clamps
together, right? I'm assuming I can just run a short piece of the flex
hose over the joint and clamp on both sides, since it looks like it's just
getting air from the fan. Anyone have this problem before with a good
fix?

Thanks.

If you keep all the nuts and bolts 'finger tight' till you get
everything lined up, you can usually get pretty close. If you tighten
'as you go' then things are usually _not_ close when you get to the end !

The band clamp connection you mention is just cool air from the fan
shroud on its way through the heater box. A small leak may not cause
you too much trouble. Its best to get as much cool air through the
heater boxes as possible, even if you wont be using the heated air to
heat the car. This will ensure the heater boxes dont toast your heads
from underneath !

Rich


RhinoJockey wrote:

> Hey gurus-
>
> Bought new heater boxes and muffler the other day and put them on last
> night. Everything lined up pretty well except for the lower connection
> (wide band clamp)that mates the two together. This is the connection
> below the pulley cover, not the one that accepts the hose from the fan
> shroud. I don't think there is anything I'm missing, it just clamps
> together, right? I'm assuming I can just run a short piece of the flex
> hose over the joint and clamp on both sides, since it looks like it's just
> getting air from the fan. Anyone have this problem before with a good
> fix?
>
> Thanks.
>