Dave Vrba wrote:
>
> Hello listers,
> I am doing an overhaul of the heater valve on my '62 sprite to stop a
> gradual cooling leak. I definitely need a new base (bottom of valve
> that bolts to the block).
For the washer, I use a common garden hose washer.
If the base is real bad, you will need a new one. The brass/aluminum
react over time and the aluminum just "goes away" (the
engineers/chemists on the list will give you the correct terminology for
this, not me)
I did have a new base made many years ago by a local machine shop.
He made it out of brass so I would not have this reaction in the future.
Good luck
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
The bug in the rice bowl
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