Heater Valves

[flatter4]

 

Hi all,

My brand new heater valve started leaking after only a few miles.

Hoping for some guidance I did a search on the forum.  It seems I am not alone......
Nick is particularly vocal - and the solution he posts (as pasted below) looks very similar to what I need.  There is also a picture of my arrangement (with original valve) below.

Where did the valve come from Nick?  ...and has it proven reliable?

Any other suggestions?

 

 

My arrangement:

 

[roulli]

I have the same on the 6 cyl. It's an OE valve from the International Harvester model Scout.

They were very difficult to get hold on, whenI was looking for one. I bought one from Amazon about 10 years ago.

 

Patrick

 

[roulli]

I remember now the brand of the valve is  Four seasons., but I can't recall the type.

Check this out, I'm not sure if the thread fits the OE Triumph adapter though. Picture is upside down

https://www.ebay.com/p/75597037

The valve operates very smoothly, has not membrane that can fail. It's basically a tap.

[Nick Jones]

Valve is used on many older US cars. Also a popular mod for TR6s in the US.

Pretty sure that I’ve seen them for sale as upgrades by a UK TR specialist but at a fairly unreasonable price.

However they are not easy to come in Europe even though a valve from the same maker is used in black cabs.

I think I bought mine from Rock Auto. It was cheap. The shipping was not cheap. And then the tax man got me....

IIRC the hose stub is 5/8”(16mm) not 1/2”.

Does work well. I hate the Smiths valve copies. Total crap.

[ed_h]

I did the Four Seasons valve on my TR6.  It is a much better part than the original.  Nick is correct, though, the hose barb is for 5/8 ID hose as opposed to the 1/2 ID hose on the TR.  The hose will go on, though.

Ed

http://bullfire.net/TR6/TR6-77/IMG_2760a.JPG

[ed_h]

I apparently don't know how to include an image in a post.

[flatter4]

Perfect.  Thanks guys.
I'll see if I can get some American colleagues to bring one over when the world starts moving again.....

 

[flatter4]

 

...and Ed, the yeloow machine looks gorgeous from the close up.

Almost too good to run and allow oil leaks and heat to spoil everything!

[RogerH]

4 hours ago, flatter4 said:

 

...and Ed, the yellow machine looks gorgeous from the close up.

Almost too good to run and allow oil leaks and heat to spoil everything!

everything Ed does looks gorgeous - have a look at his blog. WOW!!!

 

Roger

Edited December 14, 2020 by RogerH