Heater/vent tubes

[timsz]

I'm cleaning,painting,etc.,my heater/vent unit. The plastic tubes that have a flexible, slinky portion have broken apart. I'm not talking about the round vent tubes. I bought new tubes for those. I'm talking about the tubes that go from the blower to the unit and from the unit to the center vent. 2 separate parts. They are not round, they are triangular in shape. The center vent tube is triangular in shape and the other vent tube is square on one end and triangular on the other end. They are black plastic. Any solutions on repairing them? Haven't seen any to buy. Thank you very much. 71 240Z

[zKars]

Pretty tricky to fix permanently. Old flexible plastic parts don't mend easily. Duct tape just doesn't seem right. Someone will chime in with some ideas, but if one or more pleats are ripped now, then more will happen soon.

I have some spares if you get stuck.

Edited February 11, 2013 by zKars

[Kurbycar32]

You need to source a replacement, but in my junk yard travels I usually find those triangular duct's intact.

Oliver is a cool guy and probably has the part lying around: Z Specialties

Also I rebuilt the whole HVAC system and took lots of pictures : https://sites.google.com/a/thecomputerrehab.com/260z/Interior/blower-box-rebuild

[JLPurcell]

I probably have a set if you are interested let me know.

jlp

[timsz]

Thank you so much, TimsZ