How is heater cover attached?

[tim54889]

How is the manifold heater, for the stock manifold attached? Doe you just push it down? Seems like it would rattle. What am I missing?
Tim

[Brianfrench65]

There should be 2) holes in the top surface. There should be 2) 1/4"-20 screws, that hold it firmly to the top of the manifold.

[tim54889]

No, This is the heater cover that goes on the standard exhaust. Not the speasal heater manifold.

[James Rogers]

Originally Posted by tim54889

No, This is the heater cover that goes on the standard exhaust. Not the speasal heater manifold.

That one is junk. It goes on with 1/4-20 clamp bolts that hook under the manifold and never work.

[Tom Wesenberg]

I'd like to have one of these.

[stewwolfe]

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Tom, that's one interesting looking heater.

[fiddlybits]

If you are referring to this type.... I chucked the bolt that never worked and just put on two stainless hose clamps. (sorry... iphone photo and forum does not read orientation code... )

Worked all winter.

[tim54889]

Made a clamp from head bolt to nib on heater with spring between. Works great! Tim

[Tom Wesenberg]

Here is an even better tin heater cover than the one I posted in #5. This one doesn't cut the firewall, but comes up through the wood floorboard.

[Afordman31]

Fiddlybits picture

[Gold Digger]

I use new baling wire every fall.

[fiddlybits]

Thanks for the flip Afordman31.
normally post from desktop and can flip me but posted from phone.

[Dtolson]

Two large hose clamps work perfectly for me.

[tim54889]

I ended up making a clamp with a spring and using the head bolt.

[DadOfTwo]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Here is an even better tin heater cover than the one I posted in #5. This one doesn't cut the firewall, but comes up through the wood floorboard.

Hey! I was wondering why I had that hole in my floorboard! But it seems that for some reason someone changed it out for a through-the-firewall heater at some point.
Being a Colorado car, they probably tried everything they could.

How do I rotate pix?

[whirnot]

Originally Posted by James Rogers

That one is junk. It goes on with 1/4-20 clamp bolts that hook under the manifold and never work.

For someone that claims to be knowledgeable in the trade, that is a pretty ignorant statement. I and many others have them and they work well.