At 10:44 PM 11/28/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm finally back on the road with my new Hurst linkage. Thanks to all who
>offered advice, most of which I followed and found to be right on the
>money. I love the new linkage; much more to my liking than the stock Ford
>stuff. Now my next problem. No matter what I do it feels like the heater
>is on. I've turn the heater valve both ways with no change. I assume it
>is busted open. Surely it isn't normal for the car to throw that much heat
>into the cockpit, is it? I could really live without a heater in South
>Louisiana.
>
>Jim Pickard
>B9473298
Jim,
You could remove your heater control valve and check it with a
another source of water to see if it leaks in the "closed" position. You might
also check the foam gaskets on the heater door. The foam gives out
after about 5-10 years.
The heater could be bypassed with a looped hose to eliminate
the heater completely. On my 351C I used two 1/2" copper elbows
and three short sections of copper tubing (formed in a U shape) along with
two short sections of heater hose to eliminate a long loop. The copper
was soldered together.
If you have a leak in the firewall due to missing
or bad rubber plugs, you will get a lot of heat from the hot air under the
hood.
Rusted out floor panels and bad door seals also allow exhaust
heat to warm you up. Rusted out areas behind the front tires allow
hot air to flow the length of the Tiger and the heat sometines comes
up behind you from the trunk.
Cheap thin replacement carpet also
does not insulate much. I do not recommend using fiberglass
insulation under your carpet. I had that on an alpine I aquired
and it was a real pain ( and itch) to work on the inside of it.
I finally removed it all with considerable effort.
If South Louisiana anything like Florida, you need the heater
to defrost the windshield due to condensation in the morning or the
during the rain. You could add a manual valve ( from the local
hardware store) to cut the water to the heater completely off.
This is assuming that the original Tiger valve is bad and you
don't have a replacement.
Mean while, I got started on the SS replacement of the
lower sheet metal on my Tiger. The SS is difficult to cut, but so far
the welding is not impossible.
Jim Barrett Tiger II 351C and others
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