My AN5 was purchased in June of '61, still has the same heater valve
with never a leak.
Dan Gillitzer wrote:
>I've got a heater valve, this car was a basketcase though, so prompts the
>question: Are these prone to failures/leakage? Mine is as good as any used one
>I imagine, looks fine, turns OK. I can see the disc inside that seals it off,
>seems pretty fool-proof. The question would be the "packing" for the shaft. I
>tried just a little to see if this can be disassembled, I gave up, I was going
>to gar up the brass I could tell, so just stopped and thought I'd ask if I'm
>worrying over nothing. As far as I can see, other than maybe a slight
>clean-up, all it should need is a new mounting base and a nut to hold on the
>handle.
>Dan Gillitzer
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