69 heater box rebuild

[DougG69]

Does anyone know if there should be some sort of gasket/sealer between the 2 halves of the heater box in a 69?

I have pulled mine apart & cleaned, painted, glued in new foam etc., and it seems like there should probably a gasket of some type, but there wasn't one in the rebuild kit and all the foam seals were pretty much dust. I am thinking of maybe using a little 3M strip caulk. Or?

Other than that, all I need to do is test the new heater core for leaks & put it all back together ep

 

[sigtauenus]

I used the strip caulk for mine. Just laid a single bead in the side that has the channel, squeeze the two sides together and then scrape off whatever squishes out from the seam.

 

[DougG69]

Cool, sounds like a plan. Thanks for the reply.

 

[miketyler]

Yup, mine was glued with some sort of black stuff originally but was all dry and crumbly. I used strip caulk on mine as well.

Got pics of your finished box?

 

[DougG69]

Got pics of your finished box?

Unfortunately, I do not. Didn't even occur to me. I was just so glad to be done with it, all I wanted to do was get it put back in