akruzer

Does anyone have any pictures or diagrams of how the heater hoses are routed in the engine compartment of a '63 340hp w/o air? I looked through the assembly manual and didn't see much other than the bracket that supposed to attach to the alternator bracket. I'm a little confused as to how both hoses gets routed around the alternator up to the connections on the engine. Right now they are zip tied to the upper alternator bracket to keep them off the exhaust manifold.

65hihp

Here you go. 63 AIM Sect 1 Sheet B25.00



And this.. see the hoses forward of the upper alternator bracket, but back of the alternator belt. My 64 L84 would be the same as your 63 L76.

akruzer

Thank you! Couldn't be better pictures!

65hihp

You're most welcome.. And please remember, Make your 5/8" hose from the heater box extra long, to come up high over the stubby hose from the Supply tank.. And the stubby hose should be very short, ie. 2 1/16" at most. This short Tee hose pulls all the hoses out away from the exhaust manifold.. This is shown in the AIM illustration but you must study it a awhile to make it out.. See this in my photo here.. The hoses are sitting above the battery inner hold down wing nut..
I should add another point most guys miss. See the 45* angle to level of the Tee shown in the illustration. Place the Tee at 45* and this will facilitate your 3/4'" hose mating to it from a high position.. This gets the hoses up above the wing nut on the battery hold down. The engineers really put thought into this.. You will be thankful for your long hoses when time comes to push your Supply tank over towards the carburetor to allow you to change your battery.

63silver

Also.watch out that the hose doesn't rub on the fan belt. Ask me how I know