Karl,
If it makes you feel any better, I replaced my heater valve last
year (3rd time in 11 years) and I managed to snap off the bottom bolt. I
ended up having to take the head off and have a machine shop take it out for
me.
John Miller
76 B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Shultz [SMTP:karl.shultz@ibm.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 3:55 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: B heater control valve ARRGH!
>
> All...
>
> I wish I'd left well enough alone. Who needs heat? Just got done (?)
> replacing the heater control valve in my 73 B, which was conveninently
> leaking coolant all over the distributor. Pulled the dizzy and I'm
> shocked that the car would even turn over.
>
> So I pull the old valve off (which is a PITA to get a wrench onto BTW)
> and noticed that the old one had no gasket. Neither did the new one, so
> I figured I'd just do what had been done by the factory and put it on
> without.
>
> So I start the car and there's this jet of coolant spewing out where the
> valve meets the head. Arrgh! It's as tight as I can get it. The
> cooling system is more or less full. What I've done is put some seam
> sealer around the thing so I can at least drive to the auto parts store
> (we'll see how that works in about 30 minutes) so I can buy some gasket
> material. If it holds the coolant in I may just leave it like that; it
> looks funky but it'll scrape off with a chisel one day.
>
> So the questions...is this thing supposed to have a gasket? And are
> there any rticks to getting a wrench onto the thing, especially the
> botton bolt? My hands are bloodied from fooling with it and I lent my
> daily driver to my mom for the week.
>
> any insight on this would be highly appreciated...
>
> --
> Karl Shultz
> 95 Integra GS-R, black, loud
> 73 MGB, orange, only marginally drivable
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