On 9/10/2019 8:12 AM, John Miller via Shop-talk wrote:
>> which is gonna work with one exception... I'm having to reduce from
>> 5/8" tube to 1/2" and add an adapter.
>
> Any way you could braze/solder/TIG as appropriate the reducer to the
> 5/8in outlet to cut down on the number of hoses/tubes/clamped joints?
I will note that on my '65 Mustang with later Fox 5.0 conversion and
Vintage Air installation (intended for a carbed setup), I retained the
Fox-style hard-line (copper alloy) heater-water manifold, trimmed down
the back end of the outlet tube, wire brushed the crap out of the inside
of the tube, pressed the Vintage Air (Chevy-style) heater valve into the
tube, rotated it so that the actuator lever and cable cleared everything
(not by too much) then flowed some Metalset A4 epoxy heated to
warm-cheap-pancake-syrup consistency into the assembly behind the
valve's barb.
This took about six inches I didn't have off the length of the whole
assembly, from what it'd have been with hose segments holding the bits
together.
So far so good, we'll see how it holds up over time.
John.
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