Re: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve

[Lindsey Fuller <yesdnil@xxxxxxx>]

Thks for that explanation, but if the car has only off, lo, hi, buttons and no actual temperature settings like newer cars, why is it there?

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:39 pm
Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
To: 'Terry & Andree Hoeman' <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 'Lindsey Fuller' <yesdnil@xxxxxxx>
Cc: 'Chrysler300 list' <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> I don't think mercury was in the tube as I've seen the tube 
> break off at the
> bellows and nothing came out.
> 
> Bob 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Terry & Andree Hoeman [mailto:tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:27 AM
> To: 'Lindsey Fuller'; Bob Jasinski
> Cc: 'Chrysler300 list'
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
> 
> Great description but think Mercury inside the tube.  Need 
> something pretty
> dense to be able to move the valve around.
> 
> They really do make a difference but lets face it ---how much 
> will you drive
> it while using the heater??
> 
> I still opt for the 10$ NAPA repair kit/replacement rubber 
> seal.  Little
> work and can't be done much more than once I expect since the 
> tabs will soon
> break but worth the try.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Lindsey Fuller'" <yesdnil@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "'Chrysler300 list'" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:11 PM
> Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
> 
> 
> > Lindsey,
> >
> > The bourdon tube is a sealed tube about 1/8" thick and is 
> installed in the
> > air stream path.  It is filled with a gas (probably air 
> I'm not sure) that
> > applies pressure to a bellows that opens and closes the heater 
> control 
> > valve
> > like a thermostat in your home.  It is designed to 
> maintain a constant
> > temperature within the car's interior based on what the driver 
> sets it at.
> > The heater control valve without the tube just maintains a 
> fixed amount of
> > coolant flow through the heater core, it is not regulated 
> automatically,> only by the fixed setting via the temp control handle.
> >
> > Bob J
> >
> >
> >  _____
> >
> > From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Lindsey Fuller
> > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:34 AM
> > To: Bob Jasinski
> > Cc: 'Bill Leahy'; 'Chrysler300 list'
> > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
> >
> >
> >
> > Is the boudon tube necessary & what does it do?
> >
> > Bob Jasinski wrote:
> >
> >>Bill,
> >>
> >>There are kits available that include the rubber diaphragm 
> that allow you
> > to
> >>rebuild the valve. The valve is disassembled by bending the 
> little tabs
> >>that hold it together, and basically you clean everything up, 
> put in the
> > new
> >>diaphragm and reassemble. There are companies that will do 
> this for you
> >>also, and that may be a simpler way to go.
> >>
> >>New valves are also available, (check NAPA) there are some 
> issues with the
> >>new valves however. The issues are that they are steel, not 
> brass, and 
> >>they
> >>do not include the temperature sensing bourdon tube the 
> originals came
> > with.
> >>I would rebuild the original if it were my car, as I have had 
> both and
> >>prefer the original. Others may have a source for the kit 
> and/or 
> >>rebuilders
> >>but you might try looking in Hemmings or Google search. My car 
> is a 300G 
> >>so
> >>I can't say for sure the '57s had the bourdon tube, but I'll 
> bet they did.
> >>
> >>Bob J
> >> _____
> >>
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> > On
> >>Behalf Of Bill Leahy
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:11 PM
> >>To: Chrysler300 list
> >>Subject: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>one of the many things to improve or still fix in the first 
> place is my
> >>heater control valve / it leaks badly.
> >>
> >>so, i finally have it out of the car and it looks like trouble 
> trouble>>trouble / rusty and carroded.
> >>
> >>are they fixable or do ya replace them suckers?
> >>
> >>or do ya block them off and close one eye?
> >>
> >>billllllllll in not so sunny kennewick washington
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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