Technical Heater pipe for 126 motor

[LiteRye]

Anyone know what is the proper heater pipe that will work with a 126 motor in a 500? My car appears to be missing the pipe that connects the fan shroud with the pipe that leads into the interior. I guess this would explain why it was so cold when we took her out Christmas morning!

If possible I’d like to get it from Mr Fiat
https://m.mrfiat.com/italian/fiat/fiat-500.html?cat=13597

 

[the hobbler]

Hi Ryan;
I have looked on the "Mr Fiat" website, but I can't seem to see any heater piping. I have looked on the 'Motobambino' site and it is under 'heating'--just over £7.00p inc. tax. I use long cable ties to hold my hoses in place, and if you can find them "re-useable" cable ties are perfect, even if you have to join a couple together to get the length required.

 

[Uaglio]

Suggest you order it from one of the UK or EU suppliers. If you get from a US supplier, call and ask if they literally have the part in hand. I have found that many don’t stock anything; they are just middlemen with a website who order everything from Europe as the orders come in, resulting in long fulfillment delays. And of course, they mark up prices to make a profit. I have found that you can get things faster and more cheaply by just using the overseas specialists. And language has never been a problem (not even with the UK ?).

 

[LiteRye]

After some further investigation, it looks like the pipe is just disconnected. I’ll get her hoisted up and see if it will connect and use a large hose clamp or zip tie as Thomas suggested.

So far, everything I have ordered from Mr Fiat has been in stock and arrived quickly. I’ve been waiting on a shipment from Axel Gerstl for close to 2 months.

 

[JumpJet]

Mr Fiat didn't stock the shroud-to-intermediate pipe hose when I needed one a month or two ago; they only had the intermediate pipe-to-cabin hose. I had to get mine from FD Ricambi. It's "VS1003 - Air hose 180 mm, Fiat 500-126".

On mine, it's a sharp angle that I couldn't get my old paper/foil hose to bend to, so I had to go the rubber hose route.