Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:12 PM  

the pics are hard to tell how much room there is. u can do like seth said, maybe not just steel, perhaps some copper tubing. u can use short peices of hose to conect what u have to a curved or bent peice. u should also be able to find some long hose for heating and change it up and reroute everything. i wouldnt mess with were it comes out of the fire wall. there are too many moving parts on the heater box. my 4.3 sets lower in the middle of the motor right there so i had just enough room after replaceing the hose i tore. there is a slight chance you can bend ur heater tubs some , but there is a chance of messing it up.

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:18 PM  

i think james is saying - why dont you loosen the clamps on both hoses, push them back toward the firewall, and run them both under those relays... the relay to the left in the pic has a big ass "hole" under it. just run it through there. you can even get some copper elbows from the parts store or even the hardware store if it has to make a 90 degree turn! see my really professional illustration below. follow the red "diagram" for the routing path!

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:08 PM  

well the problem I see with using copper line, is the diameter....unless I could use coupling hoses so I could put copper lines in...but I think Im just gonna say f*ck it....Its a tight fit in there as it is tryin to get the lines off.. id have to unbolt the bodymounts and jack up the cab and all that bs....i'll just bring a blanket and get a space heater it doesnt get THAT cold down here, just sometimes it can dip into the lower 30s at night.

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Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:14 PM  

they make copper connectors that have a 90. i dont see why you cant shove those bitches back toward the firewall and pull em through with some of those insanely long ass needle nose pliers.

on another note, they do make electric blankets that plug into a cigarette lighter!

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:21 PM  

my cigarette lighter dont work everytime I use to try to put the wires back on it, it would blow a fuse or spark really bad.... imma have to look into that copper deal....

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Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:22 PM  

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Originally posted by laydhombre


my cigarette lighter dont work everytime I use to try to put the wires back on it, it would blow a fuse or spark really bad.... imma have to look into that copper deal....


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All you need is one side as a constant 12V and the other side a ground. The ground usually goes to the body or screw around it, and the 12V goes to the center. Its easy to wire up.

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:34 PM  

yeah, im just too lazy to hook it back up I never use it anyway...so I dont see a point in hooking it back up haha

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Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:38 PM  

u could lose the heater and grab a blanket that heats up....thats a good reason. would be less shit in the truck too.

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Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:42 PM  

i found that banket on amazon.com for $28.99!

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:50 PM  

Aaron, I was thinking the same thing.

You know we sell Dickies jackets, Scooter, lol.

-Trae
KIK

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Originally posted by aaronhebert88


who needs a heater in setx?


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www.kikstore.com

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:32 PM  

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Originally posted by laydhombre


yeah, im just too lazy to hook it back up I never use it anyway...so I dont see a point in hooking it back up haha


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I use mine to charge my phone at runs. And I got a converter that goes from a ciragette lighter to a 110 plug. Last time we went camping I ran an electric stove off it.

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:36 PM  

yeah my power inverter took a shit too Trae, just give me a jacket and I'll let you drag my truck and we'll call it even I have a jacket similar to ya'lls and Im just gonna stich a KIK patch on it

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Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:38 PM  

Just a thought, seeing that it is aluminum could you pull the heater core out and have some 90's or 45's tigged on the core and then reinstall it. If the fittings 90 right at the fire wall it looks like it could work. I dont know how the core would reinstall though. oh or do fittings that are threaded there so you could some braided swivel fittings 90 into it? Just some ideas. Hope this helps

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:40 PM  

i woulda kept the a/c way before the heater..and im in north dakota.... since ur in texas! dont it get kinda hot there?

Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:51 PM  

i rarely used my ac down here....just rode with the windows down all the time cause the ac sucked gas since it was belt driven...and it made my truck run alittle hotter....oh and if I get the excess hoses off the fittings, they looked like plastic cause I could see down the hose and it looked like a white plastic...and wouldnt I have to take the dash out to get the heater out?

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