Last night as I laid on my back, half in and half out of the TR3 installing
the heater I thought to myself,, Gee,, I hope I die before I have to do this
again. Well,, didn't happen. got it in and ran fine. Today hooked up the
plumbing,, (heater Hoses) and the HVAC (de-mister tubes),, and ran great for
a while then,, the ticking started. Not that I couldn't have expected it. I
took the heater core to have it :"boiled" out and the guy decided to pressure
test it. well without being contained in the heater, the round unit became
an accordian and grew to about twice it's original height. When I went to
pick it up the guy had,, squeezed it back into shape and put 4 straps around
it so he could again ,, pressure test it. Well to make a long story a bit
shorter,, there is not enought room for the fan to "fly" in the housing.
Seems like Mr. Smith cut it close on room and I must have developed more end
play in the motor shaft. Seems excessive at about 1/4" So,, finally my
question to you,, do I just punt and find a new motor,, new heater, or
rebuild the motor and cut down the amount of end play, or,, what? Your
help is ALWAYS appreciated.
Kent Shrack
1960 RHD TR3a (with a tick)
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