Fellow Spridgeteers,
Let's not forget that a heater was "optional equipment". Factory folks must not
have thought it a problem.
WFO Herb
Gerard Chateauvieux wrote:
> I'm not sure that the premise that the valve being closed causes any
> cylinder overheating problem, at least I've never heard this before. There
> is still a water jacket around the last cylinder allowing water to
> circulate. The valve just allows water to be diverted from the cylinder
> head to the core. Since race engines have this opening capped, I can't
> imagine that this is really a problem.
>
> Gerard
>
> At 1:48 PM -0400 5/5/99, Jackson Zimmermann wrote:
> >I've got a quick question to those intrepid scroungers out there, does
> >anyone know of a nice cable operated heater control valve that bypasses the
> >heater core? I'm fed up with having to do with or without heat all the
> >time. I know that using the twist knob is not good because it starves
> >cylinder 3 of cooling and during the summer I often totally disconnect the
> >heater core. But during the spring and fall, its often hot during the day
> >(i.e. I would like airflow into the footwells if the heater core were not
> >full of hot water) and very cool at night (particularly when sunburned, so
> >heat would be appreciated). Has anyone rigged up a good solution to this
> >with easily available parts? How did you install it in on the dash and how
> >does it look? Is the MGB heater control setup bypass or shutoff? Other
> >suggestions? TIA
> >
> >Jackson Zimmermann
> >jzimmerm@albemarle.org
> >'64 A-H Sprite
>
> G G Gerard Chateauvieux
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