Newly restored tr-3 with over-hauled engine. Installed new heater control
valve. Was getting NO heat to heater when engine was fully warmed up. (could
grab heater hoses with bare hands.....very very lukewarm). I then fully closed
the heater control valve and re-opened. Results were that I got heat again and
hoses were almost too hot to hold. Since then I felt the hoses and they were
very warm but didn't feel quit at hot.
I just have a simple question. Does anyone know how the internals of the
heater control valve are made? Is the shaft that screws up and down fastened
to something that blocks the water flow and possibly could come loose? I'm
wondering if the shaft and whatever blocks the water in the valve are no longer
fastened (or are loose/floppy) that could explain why I might have differing
amounts of heating through the heater.
Just wondering.
gary n.
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