Hey, Steve:
I spoke with Carroll about the heater control valve that he replaced on the
your Tiger. He says he got it from Rick at SS and it is the one that is the
closest in appearance to the original piece. The Rootes heater valve is no
longer available for the Mk1 and the control cables are no longer available
for any of the Tigers. My car is a Mk1A so I don't have as much experience
with a Mk1 like yours but, if I remember correctly, I think the Mk1s have
heater control valves that are either similar to or are just like the ones
on big Healeys. I'm sure someone will come along and correct me if I'm
wrong about that.
Okay, first of all, there is no reason to remove the dash from the car just
to replace the cable. In fact, without the dash and heater control slide in
place, you'll never know how long to make the cable. Secondly, taking the
top four screws out off the dash facia will only loosen it on the top side.
There are more nuts across the bottom of the dash panel, which also hold the
lower dash roll on. Believe me, you're going to be doing a lot of
unnecessary work if you take the dash out just to replace that cable. My
advice is to just take your time and do it from under the dash. If you need
more room to work, take the seat out so you can lay on your back on the
floor and get your hands up under the dash.
Andy Walker
Edmond, OK
B382001600LRXFE
B9006857LRX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Ralsten" <sralsten@ca.rr.com>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: [Tigers] Heater control valve/cable
>I have a newish valve installed by PO. Almost certainly not a Rootes part.
>My temp control cable
> does not make valve open. I spent a bit of time trying to access the dash
> lever end of the cable.
> It appears correctly connected but I can't get my hands up in there well
> enough to manipulate
> it anyway. I've disconnected the cable from the valve end and can manually
> move the valve
> and get heat to the interior. The PO apparently knew of this situation as
> he included for me
> a Mustang cable and a note saying Rick at SS had suggested that as a
> repair. I've done some searching of the archives
> and it seems that a Rootes valve is a virtual impossible thing to find.
>
> My questions....
>
> What suggestions are there for a new control valve that comes as close as
> possible to original in appearance ?
> What suggestions for cables ?
> I have not yet had any reason to remove dash. If I remove the visible
> screws along dash top is it going to pull away
> and will that give me access to replace control cable ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Steve R
> B9473720
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