"Cabbies", tonight's episode

[roccit_53 at hotmail.com (C Boyko)]

I wrote, and amazingly, you read...>

>>I still need to be able to turn the heater core OFF, so that valve is on 
>>the "to do list" proir to Cincy.

Allyn wrote back:
>
>you know, i've been pondering this one, as the rieger has the same issue. 
>my fix is to simply shut the center vent off (its the only vent that heat 
>comes from). the valve itself appears fine. also, when sliding the control 
>to cold, it appears to not be actuating the cable all the way. my hunch is 
>that if you unclipped the end and remounted it, but only slid down another 
>1/2 inch, the heater valve would end up fully closed and the whole problem 
>would be solved.
>
>i have yet to try this, probably will tomorrow.
>
>Al
>


Then Cathy wrote...
Well, my valve's "little arm thingie" (technical term)  is cable tied to the 
upper stress bar in an attempt to divert the coolant out of the core, but 
it's still blowing hot air. I doubt that anything in the dash/cable would 
help this, so I'm gonna replace the valve. Expect stories about burping to 
follow. And on mine I get heat from the upper side vent too. It's a double 
whammy actually -  I don't draw cool air from the hood vents (since there 
are none) so I have to think of some way to plumb in some cool air from 
below into the rain tray as well. And look into header wrap for the DP I 
guess too...see? It's always something. Once, long long ago, I was sane and 
owned no Sciroccos...

Cathy, getting a headache thinking about the headache

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