[DeTomaso] Heater control valve

[Forest Goodhart]

I have this valve, or one like it, in my car. Mine is mounted in the original 
location behind the dash and I modified the heater tubes so the hoses would 
attach. Mine is controlled by an old Vintage air climate controller so I cannot 
comment on the controls shown. It appears to be controlled by a sliding 
potentiometer so it would function as the original valve. Mounting it in the 
engine compartment would probably work fine. It was tough to fit it in the dash 
as it is larger than the stock valve. It is a butterfly with a small servo motor 
to operate it.
Forest




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From: "tmshinro at aol.com" <tmshinro at aol.com>
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Sent: Tue, March 22, 2011 9:09:19 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Heater control valve



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
#5186








-----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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