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In your pic you have the heat control valve on the outlet side. As far a circulation goes it doesn't matter, but I believe the valve should be on the inlet side.
The way I see it, the valve is on the inlet hose. From the intake manifold to heater is inlet. Heater to water pump is outlet.
What is it about your hoses you don't like? You can swap them out for something fancy, like braided stainless, and there are other options if you search them out. If they were longer they wouldn't lay out in the air like they do. What are your thoughts on how you would like them different?
The way I see it, the valve is on the inlet hose. From the intake manifold to heater is inlet. Heater to water pump is outlet.
What is it about your hoses you don't like? You can swap them out for something fancy, like braided stainless, and there are other options if you search them out. If they were longer they wouldn't lay out in the air like they do. What are your thoughts on how you would like them different?
I should not make statements without my bifocals. Yes, Wayne is correct that you have the heater plumbed correctly, but you can swap the hoses side-to-side on the core if you want to. You can also install some nice polished and formed stainless or copper tubing instead of long hoses with short hose jumpers.
You don't have a Yblock but here is how Ford (or Ford dealership were instructed to do so) routed the heater hoses. I have a Ford info sheet that was in the glove box of my 55 when I bought it in 2016. I'll post that when I get home.
Here is one view. This one goes under the coil and beside the valve cover.
[QUOTE=Pladsmand;18585275]Will you show me how your tubes to the heater goes. I don't like the way mine goes [/QU
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I don't see anything wrong with the way you have them, looks clean and tidy
Excellent stuff! Not trying to hijack the thread, but could someone supply the same good pictures on the 226 flathead? Previous owner totally bypassed heater core, and I'm curious how it's supposed to look when I get a heater hooked up.
I do have a service manual, but no good diagrams showing this. thanks!
Excellent stuff! Not trying to hijack the thread, but could someone supply the same good pictures on the 226 flathead? Previous owner totally bypassed heater core, and I'm curious how it's supposed to look when I get a heater hooked up.
I do have a service manual, but no good diagrams showing this. thanks!
Might the picture I posted in frame 9 help you? Would an OHV 6 heater hook up be the same as the flathead 6?
Abe thanks for the picture, it's neat to see the Lincoln Y block in there also.
Your welcome! I was really pleased and surprised to find that in the glove box of my 55 when I bought it 3 years ago. I assume the dealer mechanics must have folded it up and put it in the glove box after they installed the heater and it stayed there for 61 years!
Excellent stuff! Not trying to hijack the thread, but could someone supply the same good pictures on the 226 flathead? Previous owner totally bypassed heater core, and I'm curious how it's supposed to look when I get a heater hooked up.
I do have a service manual, but no good diagrams showing this. thanks!
They're not that great but it's all I have. The principle is all the same no matter which engine you have. Engine to heater, heater to water pump. The flat 6 head has a hole in the side for the heater hose connection. If you look close under the hood you can see the valve at the head and the hose going to the heater. On the inner fender there's a factory bracket to hold the hose in place, presumably included with the heater kit installed at the dealer. Heaters, like many things were options back then, often installed at the dealer and not at assembly.
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