RE: 65 Heater Box Help

[Jeff Adams <ledman_70@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I ran this type of valve on my 64 Polara for a couple years... got it 
from Bouchillion performance for $20. Hooked to the stock cable, it 
worked fine.

John Hammond wrote:
> 
> This is by no means a concourse method and I've yet to test it under 
> pressure
> but I can't help but think this is gonna work great on my '64 330.  I 
> removed the
> valve from the box, (Brass - 90 degree looking affair), and noticed that 
> in 
> the
> 90 turn was a valve, hole, sensor, something at one time or another, and
> obviously a source of a leak. I removed the remaining guts of whatever 
> this
> had been and plugged it from both inside and outside of the tube with a 
> 2-part
> epoxy putty taking care not to cause an internal obstruction with the 
> compound.
> Pack the putty into the inside corner with a pencil or some thin probe. 
> Clean up
> the outer tube with some Brasso and go find a replacement O-Ring at 
> Napa. 
> This
> part is now ready to re-install using the screw through the plate back 
> into 
> the heat-
> er box. Mine was stripped out so I went to a larger size to get a good 
> bite 
> and a
> firm connection to maintain a good o-ring seal.  My boudin cable wasn't 
> the 
> best
> and seeing as how now we have no valve control anyway,  I purchased an 
> inline
> valve that goes in a heater hose and is cable operated; and mounted this 
> 
> almost
> nipple to nipple with 3" section of heater hose on the inlet tube. From 
> this 
> valve
> I used a garden variety universal choke cable and ran it as straight and 
> as 
> short
> as possible to the dash area for good activations.  As luck would have 
> it, 
> this
> arrived just to the left of the ignition key in an unoccupied spot. 
> Using a 
> spare
> knob/switch bezel behind it, most folks won't even notice it and those 
> that 
> do
> will assume it's a factory accessory.  NAPA sells a valve of this type, 
> (straight
> through, about 4" long, with the cable slide pins on the side), but it's 
> 
> about $40.
> with plastic guts. I found a smaller unit in all metal construction from 
> a 
> street
> rod parts supplier for $17. so some shopping around for this type of 
> setup 
> can
> be beneficial.  I have yet to check for valve cover fitment issues 
> though I 
> doubt
> it will be a problem. If a problem does arise a simple, formed 90 degree 
> 
> elbow
> hose will point the valve toward the hood hinge area and the cable is 
> attached
> to the valve via a screw held clip so a redirect will be easy and may 
> even 
> aid in
> heater hose routing at the cost of a slightly less efficient cable 
> activation ability.
> This solved two problems at once for me and hopefully it can be of some 
> help
> to others here as well.  Seems as if I remember a similar setup being 
> used 
> from
> the factory on some models between like '71 to '76 but I'm not sure of 
> this.
> 
> John Hammond
> 
> >
> > There was a guy that I had Gary add to the vendors page that sells the 
> > o-ring and he also rebuilds the valves if you should need it. Let me 
> > know 
> > if you can't find it and I will dig for it.
> >
> > -Jason
> >
> > On 6/22/2010 8:08 AM, Bill wrote:
> >> The heater control valve in my 65 Coronet likes to piss on my foot if
> >> I even get close to the fun side of 3 Grand. I pulled the box when I
> >> did the carpet so I could come up with an alternate or additional
> >> sealing solution...it's the type that the valve slips into the heater
> >> core, and the valve IS the inlet to the heater core (also read $$$) as
> >> opposed to being inline somewhere else.
> >>
> >> I was going to create a flat rubber gasket that would go between the
> >> heater control valve flange and the bung in the heater core as an
> >> extra seal, but it doesn't look that will work after looking at it out
> >> of the car. I'll try a square o-ring, but I'd like to do something
> >> else too. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> 
> 



Jeff Adams
64 Polara


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