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I agree a good valve does not leak and will last for years.
But I still recall something which happened to me years ago when I was a
much younger and far less experienced MG owner than I am today. It was
a warm day and I was driving home in my MGA. The heater water control
valve never had leaked and it had been working well for a few years. It
had not attracted my attention in any way.
I still have the broken crankshaft which resulted when the valve,
completely unknown to me as I drove along, let go and vented my coolant.
Though this happened many years ago, I can remember it was not a happy
day that day.
Bruce Burrows
'59 MGA basket case
'60 Daimler SP 250
'61 Daimler SP 250
'73 MGB driver
My Dart website (not my cars!):
http://community-2.webtv.net/guardian45/THEDAIMLERSP250DART/
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From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
To: "N" <twobees@sprynet.com>, "MG Digest" <mgs@autox.team.net>
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Subject: Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:31:54 +0100
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Reply-To: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Steady on, a good valve doesn't leak and will last for years.
----- Original Message -----
From: N <twobees@sprynet.com>
To: MG Digest <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:43 AM
Subject: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design
> Once again, my ire is raised by the unbelievable placement and
construction
> of the Heater Water Control Valve on the MGB.
>
> What kind of thinking was it that placed a part prone to failure that
> contains liquid coolant directly over the source of electrical energy to
> make our cars run? It was truly diabolical!
>
> A valve that was installed new less than 2 years ago let go yesterday.
I'm
> just glad it happened now and not 3 weeks ago on the track at Lime Rock.
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