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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Heater query
From: Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2023 13:14:17 +0200
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The leaking of the valve may improve if you lap in the cone with e.g. 
Brass Polish.
Kees Oudesluijs

Op 11-7-2023 om 12:05 schreef Simon Lachlan via Healeys:
>
> I agreeâ?¦the handles are pretty frail. My heater one was solid. The one 
> on the block was likewise solid and the radiator one had been swapped 
> out for a simple plug.
>
> I took them apart and redid(?) them. They loosen up OK if you tap the 
> cone shaped inner part outwards. I made my own handles which are too 
> big, but they serve.
>
> â??Heater valveâ?? shows the valve looking fine but jammed solid. â??Figure 
> 3â?? shows it after I bust the handle and then cleaned it all out and 
> replaced the handle. Of course, if Iâ??d known to tap the centre through 
> the valve, Iâ??d never have busticated the handle in the first place 
> ���..
>
> (If anyone wants, I could send a few pages on how/why I did what to 
> those valves).
>
> Incidentally, I bought a good looking radiator valve on eBay. Useless, 
> it dripped from the moment I screwed it in. Back in the box. Quite 
> recently I noticed that Ahead4Healeys , I think it was, had them 
> pictured on their site but said that they were withdrawn because they 
> all leaked. See â??Radiator Tapâ??.
>
> Simon
>
>
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    <p>The leaking of the valve may improve if you lap in the cone with
      e.g. Brass Polish.<br>
      Kees Oudesluijs<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 11-7-2023 om 12:05 schreef Simon
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
            agreeâ?¦the handles are pretty frail. My heater one was solid.
            The one on the block was likewise solid and the radiator one
            had been swapped out for a simple plug.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
            took them apart and redid(?) them. They loosen up OK if you
            tap the cone shaped inner part outwards. I made my own
            handles which are too big, but they serve.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">â??Heater
            valveâ?? shows the valve looking fine but jammed solid.
            â??Figure 3â?? shows it after I bust the handle and then cleaned
            it all out and replaced the handle. Of course, if Iâ??d known
            to tap the centre through the valve, Iâ??d never have
            busticated the handle in the first place 
���..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(If
            anyone wants, I could send a few pages on how/why I did what
            to those valves).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span 
style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Incidentally,
            I bought a good looking radiator valve on eBay. Useless, it
            dripped from the moment I screwed it in. Back in the box.
            Quite recently I noticed that Ahead4Healeys , I think it
            was, had them pictured on their site but said that they were
            withdrawn because they all leaked. See â??Radiator 
Tapâ??.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span 
style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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