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Re: Replacement Heater Valve - (Purists don't read this one!! ;-)

To: "Kevin B. Rhodes" <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Replacement Heater Valve - (Purists don't read this one!! ;-)
From: Paul Burr <tigerpb@ids.net>
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 1997 21:05:03 +0100
Cc: triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
References: <3.0.3.32.19970805221425.00b5d100@maine.rr.com>
Kevin B. Rhodes wrote:(snip)
> 
> After being quite disgusted by the new $40 heater valve that I bought for
> my Spitfire that was so stiff in operation that the cable broke soon after
> I installed it, I decided to see if I could find something modern that
> would work a little better. I ended up getting the valve off of a VW Fox in
> the junkyard. Now this is supposed to be a vacuum operated valve 

Kevin, next time you're in the boneyard, look at a '83/'84 Rabbitt. My
GTI has a cable operated heater valve, which looks like it'll do just
fine in many LBC applications.

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