When I saw how quickly it emptied the cooling system when it fails, I
replaced mine with a ball check valve from Home Depot and a couple of
fittings. Works great and I think I have better heat also.
Jay Welch Abington, MA
1971 TR6 Project, 1973 TR6 Driver
1989 Mustang GT donor car aching to be a FFR Roadster
Secretary, Cape Cod British Car Club @
http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
On Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:11:50 -0500 "Valerie Stabenow"
<hlub34a@aeroinc.net> writes:
> I went through this on my 73. What a pain. I manually greased the
> cable with
> lubricant and worked it back and forth by hand several times. Also
> lubed up
> the slider on the valve itself.
>
> When I want to make SURE the dumb thing is closed, I open the bonnet
> and
> push it closed by hand. Just one of the *joys* :-) of owning
> these
> cars.
>
> Valerie Stabenow, 62 MGA MkII, 67 TR4a, 69 XK-E FHC, 73 TR-6, 81
> Corvette
> Coupe
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Fabie" <rmf3860@erols.com>
> To: "six pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 12:15 AM
> Subject: Heater Valve Doesn't Close? x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
>
>
> > During my recent rebuild, I replaced the heater valve on my TR6
> (the
> > thing that sticks up from the head). The cable is also new. The
> valve
> > appears to be operating in that it slides all the way to the top
> and all
> > the way back to the bottom. However, it's obvious that the valve
> is not
> > closing since the heater hose is hot and there's hot air in the
> > passenger compartment.
> >
> > Can anyone help with any information. Could the valve be going
> through
> > its motions but the valve actually not closing?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Bob Fabie
> > '75 TR6
> > (now with 156 miles on the new engine)
Jay Welch Abington, MA
1971 TR6 Project, 1973 TR6 Driver
1989 Mustang GT donor car aching to be a FFR Roadster
Secretary, Cape Cod British Car Club @
http://clubs.hemmings.com/capecodbritish/
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