NL wanted: Heater box top section FOUND

[jgerock]

I need a good top section of the heater box that holds the fan and valve. Mine literally fell apart while I removed the top from the main section. The valve mounting bracket looked like a PO used JB weld, so it also broke.

The middle and bottom sections are in good shape, along with the heater core.

I just bought a new fan/motor assembly so I don't need them.

Please e-mail me using the above link.

Hopefully someone in MD, DC, VA has one.

Edit: Many thanks to Bill Williams for donating a good box top!

[jgerock]

Anyone have a decent one to sell?

[kcdonahue]

Hey Jim,

I'll check my stash tomorrow when I get home from work. I have a couple of heater boxes in the shed but I'm not sure how they look. If I have something decent I'll let you know.

KC

[jgerock]

Thanks KC. Somewhere out there is a decent top section from the 400K+ 2002's made.

[jerry]

email me

jerryallsmanATyahooDOTcom

i have a few boxes that i'm rehabbing presently, although none are perfect, i have repaired the bracket with aluminum and epoxy and it's quite durable. issue for you may be some missing strips on the fan cage plastic webbing.

i'd be interested in a straight across trade IF you include your dead motor and fan blade, AND you saved the broken bits from your top section. i can repair that to my satisfaction. let me know.

you might just consider repairing what you have, as i would do in your situation. i merely cut patches out of thin aluminum and epoxy over the cracks, on the OUTSIDE of the box. i pre-drill for rivet holes and to clear the boss where the levers pivot on (usual cracking on lower case). you will not see these patches when installed.

[kcdonahue]

Got home from work too late tonight, My shed is dangerous in the dark!

KC

[jgerock]

Thanks to those folks who sent an e-mail. I'm waiting on a couple of follow-ups, so it seems most of you have boxes that are about in the same condition as mine.

I am keeping my bottom housing and controls because they are in such good condition and the seals were replaced in 2002 by a previous owner. I'm tempted to use JB Weld on the broken pieces, add some strips of aluminum for the perimeter and install a bracket for the valve.

Now if the mold tooling cost wasn't so darned expensive, I would contact some of my injection molding customers to see if they could make a new box top. I would make it from FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) nylon for added strength. This material is what most underhood vehicle parts are made from, including injection manifolds and those fancy engine covers.