I had fresh air type recored at a local shop that had done good work for me
before on regular radiators. It turned out to be a disaster. He used a tube
and fin type. It looks like plates were stacked up, separated with spacers
and then pierced with tubes, then the spacers removed. Between him making it
too long and then it leaking I had to bring it back numerous times. It's in
now and not leaking but seems very inefficient. Although all my hoses get
very hot leading to and from the heater the heat is luke warm at best. I
assume this type of construction is not the most efficient.
Grant 50 3100
dave riffel wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Does anyone know where a good heater core may be obtained? I've checked
> all the catalogs I have and tried a few parts stores. The best I could
> come up with was the potential of recoring my old one at a radiator
> shop.
>
> My heater came out of a '52 or '53 in a junkyard in Montana (complete
> under $50, and it worked for several months!). The data plate on the
> back of it identifies it as a heater manufactured by Harrison out of
> Lockport NY, model# H-02-47. I need to find a core fairly rapidly as my
> truck will be back on the road soon (hopefully!) and I'm headed back to
> Montana in 4 weeks. The heater will be very nice.
>
> Can these old heater cores be recored? This one is unlike more modern
> cores I've seen in that it is a double core unit. I sure appreciate any
> knowledge you folks might be able to share. Thanks a bunch!
>
> Dave Riffel
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