im rebuilding the heater box on my 71 crew cab got to change the core so i'll be cleaning the rest of it up while it's apart i got it all tore apart except for the metal back cover on the one half which houses the air vent flaps it's riveted together my question is what do i do once i cut the flat round shaped rivets off and go to put it back together? i couldn't find any place that sells them for it online. what did you's use when you put yours back together? any hardware stores have that type?

 

I drilled the rivots out on mine and picked up some screws and nuts and bolted it back together.

 

I ended up drilling the rivets out did you run into any clearance issues with anything when you put nuts and bolts in the rivets place when reinstalling the box back in the cab?

 

no issues at all.I bought the rebuild kit and redid the gaskets and new heater core.

 

some of the paint stores that specialize in auto motive paint and body supplies will have all kinds of different rivets and fasteners !!

 

Rivets and rivet tools are pretty cheap and easy to find and use, most decent hardware stores carry them. Here's your basic Harbor Freight El Cheepo:


Hand Riveter Set


It includes a 100-piece rivet assortment.
Hard to go wrong at that price, though you may want to use steel rivets rather than aluminum.

 

where did you get your rebuild kit at? i only seen places sell everything separate and not in a full kit.

as for rivets i was looking for more of the factory type but if no luck there i'll settle for some bolts or other rivets

 

I bought the kit from Dennis carpenter. I didn't rivot mine because I thought that it would break the fiber stuff the box is made of.

 

thats a good idea i didn't think of that until now mine is alittle brittle here and there did you find that kit online or did you have to call i couldn't find it in there online store i'd like to try DC this time as my last experience with LMC wasn't so great

 

it was in there catalog seals for the doors,around the heater core and motor. also bought the seal kit for the driverside vent

 

In the D.C.2009 catalog its called the fresh air heater kit part no. c7tz-18500-a price was $17.50

 

Thanks for the part # they must not have a lot of parts listed online couldn't find most the parts I need do you know what the part # is for a heater core for a 71 f250 fresh air heater only?

 

I bought my heater core from Advanced auto.Didn't see a listing for any heater cores in the DC catalog

 

thanks ill look into auto parts stores around here see if they have any. and if it will save me money with shipping and all if i got one from DC or LMC

 

Kragen/O'Reilly carries a Murray heater core for about 26 bucks:

Murray 399024 - Heater Core 1971 Ford F-250 Pickup | O'Reilly Auto Parts