Sean, I removed my rear heater soon after buying my 87 westy a month ago. I also wanted to eliminate the tees, and replace them with straight connectors. But after a lot of looking and getting crap in my eyes, I wound up plugging the ends of the inlet and outlet hoses with 1/2" steel bolts, which fit just right. I cut the threaded parts off the bolts first so I had about 2 inches of non-threaded "bolt" to stick into the ends. Then I put hose clamps around them and secured them under the vehicle so they wouldn't dangel. If you still want to use straight connectors, I saw some in the Bus Boys catalog for a different model year. Good luck, Ray Salt Lake City
Anyway, do any of you know off the top of their head what the inner >diameter of the heater hose is that has the T fitting to go to the rear >heater? >I want to eliminate the T fittings all together and just put straight >through >connections in their place. Also, what's the best pipe material to use? >PVC? >Brass? steel? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com |
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