Agreed and yet I believe Al would agree, that if we had to do it over again
we'd use the flexible compression lines that attach the solid copper water
lines to the tank. As well use a flex gas line to match up the solid black
pipe. Standards are all fine and good, yet even a 1/8 inch off here and
there adds up and can make it a difficult fit.
We took the bottom (with legs) off the old one because I wanted to it up off
the floor and the height brought it back closer to the lines used to be,
making installing the new tank a "little" easier. Again the flex lines would
have taken care of all this and were not that expensive, yet we didn't know
Tom Mitchell
1965 Austin Healey BJ8 MK3
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From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of al@bighealey.org
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:10 PM
To: Mark Andy; shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] more water heater
A friend and I replaced his water heater recently [I think he is on this
list, too - so speak up, Tom, if I forget anything...].
the water heater had hard lines to it, which did make it a bit of a pain.
the problem was that the old heater had legs and the new one didn't, putting
it at a different height. This was just enough of a problem to cause much
wrestling! The rest of the layout is to standards, so a new water heater
"should" just plug in, even if it has hard lines going to it.
Al Fuller
al@bighealey.org
'62 A-H BT-7
'65 A-H BJ-8
'85 Rx-7 GSL-SE
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From: "Mark Andy" <marka@maracing.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 10:36 AM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shop-talk] more water heater
Howdy,
So the water heater thread makes me ask this...
I need to replace our water heater, as its leaking a bit under the tank.
It was apparently made in '91, so hey, whatever.
Its currently mounted 'fixed' with the water pipes soldered in directly and
a hard gas line.
I'm wondering when I replace it if I shouldn't do it with flexible water /
gas connections to make it a little easier to replace 10 to 20 years from
now, as well as to make it a little easier to install.
I don't care about a few extra dollars. I do care about chances for leaks
/ problems.
Any been there, done that advice?
Mark
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