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Well, I did it...almost.
I decided a month or two ago to replace my leaking heater/water valve with the ball valve design I got from Bob Muenchausen's page.
The only thing I have left to do is to connect the wire from the temp control on the dash. The hardest part of the whole job was locating a brass 1/4" threaded-to-1/2" barbed fitting. Finally ordered two (only needed one, but I didn't want to go through this again...) from a plumbing supplier on the internet.
I don't have a set of taps, so I had a local machine shop cut and tap the original valve for me. The only charged me $8.00. So my total cost for the new installation was less than $15.00.
I got the work done in a couple of 2-hour-long sessions Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons this week. Yeah, I'm slow. But, I LIKE the way it looks and IT DOES NOT LEAK !!
The "I'll never learn" part of this story is that the temperatures hovered around 25 degrees F while I was outside doing this work (I don't have a garage...just a lean-to). I'll never learn that I'm 57 years old (tomorrow) and that my body doesn't resist bad weather like it used to. So....now I'm sicker'n a dog and can't finish the job until I get well. Been driving the car anyway.
I'll post pictures when I can.
Sorry for the long post, but what the heck. I had time to write it...maybe you had time to read it.
I decided a month or two ago to replace my leaking heater/water valve with the ball valve design I got from Bob Muenchausen's page.
The only thing I have left to do is to connect the wire from the temp control on the dash. The hardest part of the whole job was locating a brass 1/4" threaded-to-1/2" barbed fitting. Finally ordered two (only needed one, but I didn't want to go through this again...) from a plumbing supplier on the internet.
I don't have a set of taps, so I had a local machine shop cut and tap the original valve for me. The only charged me $8.00. So my total cost for the new installation was less than $15.00.
I got the work done in a couple of 2-hour-long sessions Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons this week. Yeah, I'm slow. But, I LIKE the way it looks and IT DOES NOT LEAK !!
The "I'll never learn" part of this story is that the temperatures hovered around 25 degrees F while I was outside doing this work (I don't have a garage...just a lean-to). I'll never learn that I'm 57 years old (tomorrow) and that my body doesn't resist bad weather like it used to. So....now I'm sicker'n a dog and can't finish the job until I get well. Been driving the car anyway.
I'll post pictures when I can.
Sorry for the long post, but what the heck. I had time to write it...maybe you had time to read it.
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