Brrrrrrrrrrr. It's getting cold here in Los Angeles (I think it's
probably below 61 degrees now)! Ha Ha!
That being said, it is getting cooler and I'll probably have use for the
heater in the Tiger sometime this winter.
My late version heater valve (a NOS piece I bought when I fixed up the
Tiger but didn't do the job) doesn't block the water when its off, so
I've installed a plumber's shop manual valve in the other heater hose
(thanks to Phil Cohen for the idea for that) that I keep closed until I
need to use the heater. It's a pain, though, since you have to open the
hood and get out of the car to turn the manual water valve on, and of
course as soon as the Tiger engine gets really warm, you rarely need the
heater except in very cold weather, and you have to get out of the car
and repeat the process to close the valve.
So, has anyone figured out a way to fix the stock heater valve? In my
previous Alpine, (Series V) the valve worked perfectly and, when off,
cool air (in cool weather) came through the heater box.
Steve Sage
1967 Tiger MK1A
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