>Hi All,
> Here's something else to ponder. Coming home from work in my green
>1975 Midget, I stopped off to pick up some gas. The needle was right on N
>on the dual temp/ oil pressure gauge. By the time I had filled up with gas
>etc, the needle had shot WAY past the Hot zone and was in fact pointing at
>100 psi (ie the needle was out of the temperature part of the gauge and
>was now in the oil pressure part of it!) Expecting a Chernobyl disaster,
>I fired up the engine and drove home. It soon cooled down back to N,
>though not before giving me the dreaded symptons of vapor lock ( this is
>when maximum speed is a majestic 5 mph and there are twenty cars behind you
>blowing their horns)
> Normally, this car (1500 engine) is very slow to warm up, BTW. It
>does have a thermostat because I put one in a while ago.
> Anyhow, what gives. This car spends the night next to my white
>1275, of "Can't get over 3000 rpm" fame. Have they been talking about me
>and what a lousy owner I am?
> Hey, I just remembered something - where is the heater valve for
>the 1500's. I've looked all over the place. On the 1275's, of course it's
>a cute tap thingee that sits on the cylinder head.
>
>Adrian (Getting hot and bothered)
Adrian,
The Heater valve on the 1500 is right next to the heater box on the
passenger side. Point it towards the heater for on, towards the fender
for off.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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