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Re: heater valves

To: mmichels@socal.rr.com, tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: heater valves
From: Peter Laurinaitis <laurin212@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:30:04 -0700 (PDT)
part 780-411 is the mark 1a valve at moss.  ill email you a pic, its seems to
be an almost exact replica.  the mark 1 and 1a valves are totally different. 
get the right one, both are available.

--- mmichels@socal.rr.com wrote:

> Dear List inhabitants:
> 
> The various parts sources indicate that the heater valve for Mk  1 and 
> Mk 1A are different, that the Mk1A valve is no longer available and 
> that a potential substituted is a valve from a 78-80 Honda Civic. 
> Checking the local Honda dealer confirms that Honda no longer supplies 
> this part. He gave me a dismantler referral, but certainly a junkyard 
> valve is pretty old and questionable even if it turns up. 
> 
> My questions:
> 
> What is it about a Mk 1 valve that won't work on a Mk 1A? The heater 
> layouts seem identical. 
> 
> Does anybody have any other valve substitutes in case I can't locate a 
> serviceable Honda item? 
> 

Peter Laurinaitis
peter.laurinaitis.wg02@wharton.upenn.edu




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