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I am rebuilding my 60 BT7 Smith’s Heater and ran into a small assembly problem associated with the new water valve. The water valve adaptor plate at the bottom of the water valve is held to the top of the heater box with a washer made of a soft metal (I assume aluminum?). The washer is cone shaped and is meant to be bent to fit and secure the adaptor. However, I am not sure how I fasten it to the base of the adaptor. Do I just push it down? If so with what? Do I put the small end against the adaptor and push or the large end?
Does anyone have experience with this? Also does the “O” Ring fit between the top of the water valve and the adaptor plate? Or does it go between the adaptor plate and the heater box top as the catalog illustration shows?
Thank you very much.
Lin Rose
roselh@jmu.edu
I am rebuilding my 60 BT7 Smith’s Heater and ran into a small assembly problem associated with the new water valve. The water valve adaptor plate at the bottom of the water valve is held to the top of the heater box with a washer made of a soft metal (I assume aluminum?). The washer is cone shaped and is meant to be bent to fit and secure the adaptor. However, I am not sure how I fasten it to the base of the adaptor. Do I just push it down? If so with what? Do I put the small end against the adaptor and push or the large end?
Does anyone have experience with this? Also does the “O” Ring fit between the top of the water valve and the adaptor plate? Or does it go between the adaptor plate and the heater box top as the catalog illustration shows?
Thank you very much.
Lin Rose
roselh@jmu.edu