Hi, You probably know that the correct heater take off was from an adaptor
at the rear of the head.
Regards
David Tinker
----- Original Message -----
From: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
To: mgt <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 7:17 AM
Subject: Re: Thermostat Redux
> Bob:
>
> When I got my TD back in 1967, it had a heater that was installed by/for
the
> first owner.
>
> In order to insure hot water to the heater, the "guts" of the original
> thermostat were removed. This left the cast iron bar in the housing as
you
> described. This bar was left in the housing and probably causes no
problems.
>
> The original thermostat has to be removed as it has a bypass cut off
sleeve. As
> my heater was plumbed into the bypass hose, if the original thermostat is
left
> in, as soon as the thermostat opens hot water to the heater goes down or
quits
> intirely.
>
> To replace the now gone original thermostat, another US style one was
placed on
> top of the original housing. It's outside diameter was the same diameter
as the
> outside of the original cast iron housing. Thus when the upper radiator
hose
> was slipped on, it held this new thermostat in place.
>
> I assume this conversion was done by a MG service outlet as the installers
> correctly understood the function of the original thermostat and bypass
system.
>
> Blake
>
>
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