[DeTomaso] Heater control valve

Tue Mar 22 12:09:19 EDT 2011

 No, I'm not looking for the levers.  I'm thinking on hooking up my heater after having the hoses capped several years ago, so I'm exploring what I should do as long as I'm doing the job.   Although I don't recall any leaking problems from my heater valve, I thought I would take it out since there isn't any coolant in the lines and rebuild it before I hook up the lines again.  That's when I noticed that my valve was different from the valves that Asa Jay and Mike Dailey had documented their rebuilds.

I learned that John Buckman is in the process of installing the electronic control valve that is advertised on eBay (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280634203608&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT) that mounts in the engine bay and serves as both a (more precise) control valve and shutoff valve.   He said he would share pictures of his install and commentary on the operation of the valve.  I discovered this valve just last week while doing some searching on the web concerning Pantera heater valves, but John said he saw the eBay ad a year ago.  Both he and I are surprised that we haven't heard anything about this valve on the forum.   Anybody have any experience with this valve?   John was hoping to get his valve install this week so maybe we'll get a first hand account of the valve's performance.

Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Maffeo <johnmaffeo1 at yahoo.com>
To: MikeLDrew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>; JDeRyke <JDeRyke at aol.com>; tmshinro <tmshinro at aol.com>
Sent: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 10:22 am
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater control valve

Tom,

I'm not sure what you are looking for, but if you need the levers, I have them somewhere in my garage. It is the complete assembly: faceplate (the piece that attached to the dash), the three levers and attached cables. It was removed from a '72 pre-L that was involved in a crash and parted out.

Please let me know if this is what you are looking for.

thanx,

John

From: "MikeLDrew at aol.com" <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: JDeRyke at aol.com; tmshinro at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 7:52:00 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater control valve

In a message dated 3/20/11 20 20 14, JDeRyke at aol.com writes:

> > 3.  Is this part still available?
> 

I know Larry Stock offers rebuilt stock heater valves, on an exchange 
basis.

There was only one style of heater valve offered from '71 to '74, although 
there were different cables used on the later cars (after 5284, and also 
4974 through 4978, 4986 through 5209, and 5218, according t the parts book).

Mike
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