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Old 03-05-2010, 04:16 AM   #48 (permalink)
orange4boy
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Lots of pics as promised.

First, Here's the shot of the transaxle warmer. Now 750 watts. Fast heat! Plumbed into the drain plug with a custom nipple. This is the lowest point on the transaxle, beside the oil pan. Just a copper elbow brazed onto the drilled out drain plug.



There is the tank heater and the y it came with plumbed into one of the transaxle coolant lines. Look for the pink.



Now the engine heat:

This is the Y I made to plumb into the top rad hose.



This is the engine heater hot return installed. It will percolate back into the head from here.



This is the low/cold side nipple installed where the coolant drain used to be. There's room back here but not a lot of vertical so the heater will have to be mounted at a 45˚ angle. Should be OK.

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