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1. MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: "N" <twobees@sprynet.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:43:05 -0400
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 contain
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00553.html (8,530 bytes)

2. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: "wcameyer" <wcameyer@email.msn.com>
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 19:45:34 -0700
I took an old, dead, heater valve (like mostr, I had more than one!!). I cut off the base and drilled and tapped a hole in it - enlargening the original water port. nto it I screwed a short nipple (1
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00560.html (8,885 bytes)

3. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:31:55 -0400
When I bought it, my GT had an alternate rig that worked well. Being a semi-stickler for originality, I reverted to the OEM type that, in truth, does not work as well. Attached to the block where th
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00571.html (10,135 bytes)

4. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: David Littlefield <dmeadow@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:08:23 -0500
Actually I always thought this was extremely clever. If the thing starts leaking it will drip on the distributor causing a misfire. The misfire will make you pull off the road before enough coolant l
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00577.html (9,184 bytes)

5. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 08:40:40 -0700
Yes, I was thinking of the very hardware-store-looking heater valves in TR-3s and other more primitive LBCs. You have to open the hood to adjust it, but you'd definitely have a higher-flow, more fool
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00585.html (9,607 bytes)

6. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 20:31:54 +0100
Steady on, a good valve doesn't leak and will last for years. construction I'm
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00593.html (8,524 bytes)

7. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: bburrows@webtv.net (Bruce Burrows)
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:18:10 -0400 (EDT)
--WebTV-Mail-15522-3528 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 o
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00597.html (10,863 bytes)

8. RE: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: Duinhoven_Hans@emc.com
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:47:02 -0400
This type of leaking is typical Britsh. I had a '66 Ford Cortina MK1 1500 once. Every week another cooling line was starting to leak. Stupid thing was the water always was spraying onto the ignition,
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00601.html (9,155 bytes)

9. Re: MGB Heater Water Control Valve - Bad Engineering and Design (score: 1)
Author: mgb72 <mgb72@airmail.net>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 17:54:55 -0700
Hello Norm, I got a generic one from an auto parts store, I don't know what it was from, if your lucky they will just let you go in the back and open boxes until you find one. Anyway, if you take the
/html/mgs/2000-05/msg00605.html (9,645 bytes)


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