Zektor
Well-known member
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2002
- Messages
- 100
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Corvette
- 1982 Silver Coupe (Sold!), New C5 in 3 weeks!
Hi All,
I have owned my 1982 Corvette for about 18 months. The heater has never worked... ever! For last two winters, I have been freezing my nuts off when going for a drive. Currently, I have the intake off because I am trying to fix another problem at the moment. I thought I would take a look at the heater set-up whilst I was at it. Now, I have a receipt for a replaced heater core back in 1996. Also, just before I bought the car, it was subjected to a complete engine out rebuild in 2001.
Ok, on stripping down the intake I found this:-
There is a union on the water pump, which I understand is supposed to be the feed for the heating system. Also, there is a union just near the distributor on the top of the intake... I understand this is supposed to be the return for the water, once it's been through the heating circuit, correct? Well, if so, I now know why I have no heat, because some idiot has connected a hose between the 2 union's, so effectively, the water pump is pumping water straight back into the intake!!!!
My car has air-con, which I haven't made any in-roads as to whether this is working correctly yet... I don't want more cold, I want some heat for a change!!!!
Now, I've studied the car around the bulkhead and have got increasingly frustrated by the lack of ANYWHERE to join pipes up to to get the heating circuit back "online" as it were. Where are these damn things!!!???
I've looked and looked and looked, where the hell are the pipes that enter the bulkhead!!!??? Am I stupid, am I looking in the completely wrong place. Can anyone post photo's or diagrams with big arrows pointing to where the input/output pipes for the heater core are. I really am stumped on this one, please help!!!
Cheers
Dazza
I have owned my 1982 Corvette for about 18 months. The heater has never worked... ever! For last two winters, I have been freezing my nuts off when going for a drive. Currently, I have the intake off because I am trying to fix another problem at the moment. I thought I would take a look at the heater set-up whilst I was at it. Now, I have a receipt for a replaced heater core back in 1996. Also, just before I bought the car, it was subjected to a complete engine out rebuild in 2001.
Ok, on stripping down the intake I found this:-
There is a union on the water pump, which I understand is supposed to be the feed for the heating system. Also, there is a union just near the distributor on the top of the intake... I understand this is supposed to be the return for the water, once it's been through the heating circuit, correct? Well, if so, I now know why I have no heat, because some idiot has connected a hose between the 2 union's, so effectively, the water pump is pumping water straight back into the intake!!!!
My car has air-con, which I haven't made any in-roads as to whether this is working correctly yet... I don't want more cold, I want some heat for a change!!!!
Now, I've studied the car around the bulkhead and have got increasingly frustrated by the lack of ANYWHERE to join pipes up to to get the heating circuit back "online" as it were. Where are these damn things!!!???
I've looked and looked and looked, where the hell are the pipes that enter the bulkhead!!!??? Am I stupid, am I looking in the completely wrong place. Can anyone post photo's or diagrams with big arrows pointing to where the input/output pipes for the heater core are. I really am stumped on this one, please help!!!
Cheers
Dazza
