First I would check to see if your thermostat is
opening correctly. Take it out and boil it in an OLD
POT (otherwise you might get yelled at) then use a
cooking thermostat to guage when the car thermostat
opens. If that isn't it, I would flush your cooling
system putting emphasis on your heater core feed
lines. I hooked up a hose directly the line that goes
into the heater core (disconnect the one that comes
out of the core too) then put the hose on full blast.
Then send water in the other direction too. That
solved my no heat problem.
Tom
--- Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I took the Spitfire out this afternoon for no other
> reason than the sheer
> joy of driving. I headed east on Highland Valley
> Road into Ramona before
> heading around to come back. It was late in the day
> and kinda chilly out,
> so I asked my co-pilot Mac (age 7) if he was cold.
> The reply was
> affirmative, so I instructed my co-pilot to roll up
> his window (he had to
> use his foot since his arm is too short to reach the
> crank with the seat all
> the way back) and I pulled out the heater knob and
> flicked the fan switch.
>
> Well, the fan works, but the heat doesn't. The
> linkage between the knob and
> the heater valve is fine, so what's the story? Bad
> heater core? Is
> repairing the heater a labor intensive endeavor or
> should I just keep a
> blanket in the trunk for when my passengers get
> chilly?
>
> By the way, I was downtown today and stopped by Auto
> Showcase to take a
> gander at the $12,500 TR7 they're trying to sell.
> Think I'll stick with my
> Spitfire.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jeff in San Diego
> The Totally Triumph Auction
> http://www.ohms.com/cgi-bin/TRauction.cgi
>
>
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