1964 Valiant "Get Runnin & Drivin"
Aight den, I got Vixen's new dash vents in today. I'm cheap, by necessity.....as you all know, so I got some defrost hose from our local O'Reilly. 2" in diameter and 36" long. I just cut it in half and it was plenty long enough for each piece. The kicker was, it was only 17 bucks. I say "only" because the "correct" defrost hose is like 50 bucks and the vents another 50. Screw that noise. Although the vents are tough to find used, so I did spring for those new, I got the hose from O'Reilly. Yes, the original hose is two different sizes on each end. It fit right inside the tube in the vents, so I used electrical tape and just taped the heck out of the hoses to the vents. On the bottom side, the hose wasn't "quite" big enough to fit over the stubs coming out of the heater box, so I cut a straight cut in the first five rings on the end of each hose and opened them up just enough to slide right over the defrost stubs. Worked really good and saved over 30 bucks compared to the stupid "correct" over priced hoses. So now I have some nice lookin vents and my defroster works again.
Aight den, I got Vixen's new dash vents in today. I'm cheap, by necessity.....as you all know, so I got some defrost hose from our local O'Reilly. 2" in diameter and 36" long. I just cut it in half and it was plenty long enough for each piece. The kicker was, it was only 17 bucks. I say "only" because the "correct" defrost hose is like 50 bucks and the vents another 50. Screw that noise. Although the vents are tough to find used, so I did spring for those new, I got the hose from O'Reilly. Yes, the original hose is two different sizes on each end. It fit right inside the tube in the vents, so I used electrical tape and just taped the heck out of the hoses to the vents. On the bottom side, the hose wasn't "quite" big enough to fit over the stubs coming out of the heater box, so I cut a straight cut in the first five rings on the end of each hose and opened them up just enough to slide right over the defrost stubs. Worked really good and saved over 30 bucks compared to the stupid "correct" over priced hoses. So now I have some nice lookin vents and my defroster works again.
