Heater

A few sunny hours were well used this morning, not only did RAY get a nice wash but I felt it a good time to check out why I was getting no heat in the cabin. I started up the car and let it get nice and warm but neither heater hose was more than luke warm, where the rest of the hoses were hot.

I removed the heater hoses and found the following:

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I have cleared it out, but now has a small hole in the top of the input spout, therefore its going to need replacing at some point, I know some people who have them for sale, but they seem to be silly prices so for now I shall just live with it. After attending to the heater and getting it all back together and not leaking ( I hope) I decided it was time to invest some work in Marvin.

The pedal box is now in, the heater matrix is in and a few odds and sods have been sorted out. There is a lot to paint and clean, I think I shall have to look out that zinc plating lead I had. I now have dozens of parts that would all look so much better plated than painted.

Alas the rain came and the cars are covered back up and I am indoors drying out. Not a bad mornings work, if it stops raining I shall get back outside again. In the mean time I shall continue to work on the odds jobs that need sorting out on the new Viva Owners Forum. Pain in the what not job that is.A few sunny hours were well used this morning, not only did RAY get a nice wash but I felt it a good time to check out why I was getting no heat in the cabin. I started up the car and let it get nice and warm but neither heater hose was more than luke warm, where the rest of the hoses were hot.

I removed the heater hoses and found the following: