Ken & Skip,
There is no spring inside the heater valve to return it. The spring
action
you feel is the diaphragm flexing. I've rebuilt 100's of these things and
the intention is for the cable to do all the work. (There is a very small
spring inside that serves a different purpose)
Hope this helps. Peter C
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At 07:52 PM 7/29/1999 , G. Osmundsen wrote:
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>Shapiro - Kenneth J. wrote:
>>
>> I just received a new heater valve for my 1970 GT6+ from
>> Spitbits (much cheaper than Vicky Brit...wondering why). Anyway,
>> before I install it, I wanted to know if it's a "goodie"...the
>> arm that actuates the opening and closing of the valve sits in
>> the middle of the track upon which it travels. I need to push
>> it to close it and pull it to open it. It's spring merely
>> returns it to a middle position...neither open all the
>> way or closed all the way. Is this correct? I assumed that the
>> cable would open it and that when the cable was pushed the
>> other way, the spring would close the valve. The way this one
>> is, the cable would actaully have to PUSH it closed.
>>
>> ken
>Ken, Sure am glad you asked that. FWIW, the heater valve I received from
>TRF for my TR6 is exactly as you describe yours. I've been meaning to
>ask the list the same question. It would seem that since two valves
>from different sources are the same that this is normal.
>Look forward to others input.
>
>Skip Osmundsen
>'76 TR6 (waiting for heat wave to end to resume work)
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