[DeTomaso] heater valve
John Buckman
jb841 at cox.net
Mon May 20 13:26:28 EDT 2013
I can do better than that! I have an original heater valve, still in
the Ford box. Yes, it's a compression fitting, and the valve comes with a
compression hoozit
>>>That's the later valve with a flare adapter. The early valve just used the pipe thread that is on the end
of the valve. The early heater core had a "washer" attached to the copper tubing of the heater core that was
the "sealing seat" for the pipe thread. This was not a very good arrangement (seal) and was later changed
to the flare.
Early '71 heater valve and bracket:
http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=40289
Fitting on early '71 heater core:
http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=40293
There is a "fix" that was done by another Pantera owner. The packing end of the valve was threaded and a
compression nut and packing were added. If I can find that post, I will report back.
John
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