OEM Heater box parts and costs

[nsmall]

Okay folks.  Thanks for helping me so much as all I seem to do is ask questions and offer little help to others.  Buy hey, I am new to restoring a car and down the road I hope to help others as I learn.  The Lord knows I have lots to learn.


What should a OEM non AC box cost me?  I don't care about ducting, just want to plug the hole in my fire wall.

Any idea what the "insides" will cost me assuming I have to replace the inside of the OEM heater box?

I also need basically everything else that goes from the engine to the box and from the control panel to the box. Any guess of those costs?

I will also need a template for an OEM heater box as my fire wall is cut open for a OEM heat/AC box.  Does anyone have a sketch they can hook me up with?

I know of a mopar guy in Arkansas named Steve who cut up a fire wall and send it to me most likely.

  There's the spring fling here in Southern California in a few months and that may be my best shot at a OEM heater box?

I'll post pics of my OEM AC Box on the what's it worth section some day as it is in excellent condition, but I dont want AC, I just want a heater box that works and it doesnt have to be some perfect set up. 

Love how easy it is to post pics on this site.

Thanks

[Cuda Cody]

You asking questions just helps the next person who is lurking and wanting to learn more but might be afraid to ask.  So ask away all you want!  We love helping.

Heater boxes are one of the easy things to restore.  Finding a core will set you back about $50 to $100 at a swap meet, maybe a little more if you have to buy off ebay.  The heater core itself will run about $40 to $50.  A gasket set from Detroit Muscle Tech and you have almost all you need.  You can ask @SF-Resto how much he charges to restore a blower motor, but I don't think it's very much (well worth it).  I think in 73 they were painted black so that's easy to duplicate (but double check that, I know in 70 they were zinc plated).

If you want to buy one all restored, it will set you back somewhere in the $450 to $600 range.  You can save a few hundred doing it yourself.

If you were closer I would offer to have you come over when I do some and we'd do yours at the same time.   I do them in batches so I only have to do them once every other year or so.   

[nsmall]

Wow again.  Do you have a Mopar factory or what?  You do them in batches?  You make my stress seem not necessary.  Wow!

[cataclysm80]

Do you do the AC boxes in batches also Cody?

[Cuda Cody]

I'm telling you, with all the help you can get online and all the information that is out there, you have no reason to stress out about anything on your car.  You will (for sure) get to a point where you think you are stuck or can not get something to work.  When that happens step back, take a deep breath and walk away for a bit.  Then look around online, ask questions, and I'm sure you can get it solved.  Stressing out about it will not be necessary.

Also, it might look like I do a lot of them, but some of those in the photos are just parts pieces.  Compared to Alan, I've only done a small amount.  He's probably done 10 times more Heater Boxes then I have.

Wow again.  Do you have a Mopar factory or what?  You do them in batches?  You make my stress seem not necessary.  Wow!

[Spikedog08]

CudaCody I simply amazing!  WOW! 

[Cuda Cody]

Never done an AC box.    Never had the pleasure to own an AC car.

Do you do the AC boxes in batches also Cody?

[headejm]

My AC box looks great but all of the door foam pieces have disintegrated to dust. As Cody recommends, I bought a rebuild kit from DMT and am just going to start taking it apart. I plan to take lots of pictures to help with the reassembly. This is a good winter project that I can do in my basement. DMT has some great restoration parts at reasonable prices.

[Roadman]

My AC box looks great but all of the door foam pieces have disintegrated to dust. As Cody recommends, I bought a rebuild kit from DMT and am just going to start taking it apart. I plan to take lots of pictures to help with the reassembly. This is a good winter project that I can do in my basement. DMT has some great restoration parts at reasonable prices.

                    Have you verified the evaporator and heater core have no leaks ?

                         

[headejm]

My AC box looks great but all of the door foam pieces have disintegrated to dust. As Cody recommends, I bought a rebuild kit from DMT and am just going to start taking it apart. I plan to take lots of pictures to help with the reassembly. This is a good winter project that I can do in my basement. DMT has some great restoration parts at reasonable prices.

                    Have you verified the evaporator and heater core have no leaks ?

                         
No, not yet. There is no sign of any antifreeze leaks on the outside of the box or in the interior of the car but I will have the core checked out. I'll probably also check the evaporator core but I'm not going to reinstall the factory AC for now. I've boxed up all of the factory AC parts to save for a future update.

[Timbbuc2]

And this brings me to this question, I have seen many photos of air heater boxes in  doing my research, inside engine bay etc. Some have the blower motor installed to the heater box before the box is installed, others I have seen is mounted to bolts where it can be removed with out removing the heater air box., what is correct. Understand what I am saying.

[Cuda Cody]

I'm not following?    Didn't know there was a way to install a blower motor more then one way?  Eager to see if this is possible!  Anyone have any photos?

And this brings me to this question, I have seen many photos of air heater boxes in  doing my research, inside engine bay etc. Some have the blower motor installed to the heater box before the box is installed, others I have seen is mounted to bolts where it can be removed with out removing the heater air box., what is correct. Understand what I am saying.

[Timbbuc2]

Looking for pictures now, is the blower motor installed inside the engine bay?

[Timbbuc2]

Maybe you can see that if you zoom in, you can see the flange of the blower motor on the outside..

[Cuda Cody]

It's installed in the heater box.  Then the heater box is mounted to the firewall from the inside of the car.  Are you think of the AC blowers vs the Heater only blowers?  They look different and maybe why it appears to be mounted from the outside.   

Looking for pictures now, is the blower motor installed inside the engine bay?