Re: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve

["Ron Stewart" <ronstewart31@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

geez, did any one happened? to look at the 57 shop book, if not i have one, nuff is anuff on valves c300 ron
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lindsey Fuller 
  To: Bob Jasinski 
  Cc: 'Terry & Andree Hoeman' ; 'Chrysler300 list' 
  Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 2:56 PM
  Subject: Re: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve


  Thks for that explanation, but if the car has only off, lo, hi, buttons and no actual temperature settings like newer cars, why is it there?

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Bob Jasinski <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  Date: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:39 pm
  Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
  To: 'Terry & Andree Hoeman' <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 'Lindsey Fuller' <yesdnil@xxxxxxx>
  Cc: 'Chrysler300 list' <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

  > I don't think mercury was in the tube as I've seen the tube 
  > break off at the
  > bellows and nothing came out.
  > 
  > Bob 
  > 
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Terry & Andree Hoeman [mailto:tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
  > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 10:27 AM
  > To: 'Lindsey Fuller'; Bob Jasinski
  > Cc: 'Chrysler300 list'
  > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
  > 
  > Great description but think Mercury inside the tube.  Need 
  > something pretty
  > dense to be able to move the valve around.
  > 
  > They really do make a difference but lets face it ---how much 
  > will you drive
  > it while using the heater??
  > 
  > I still opt for the 10$ NAPA repair kit/replacement rubber 
  > seal.  Little
  > work and can't be done much more than once I expect since the 
  > tabs will soon
  > break but worth the try.
  > 
  > 
  > ----- Original Message -----
  > From: "Bob Jasinski" <rpjasin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  > To: "'Lindsey Fuller'" <yesdnil@xxxxxxx>
  > Cc: "'Chrysler300 list'" <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:11 PM
  > Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
  > 
  > 
  > > Lindsey,
  > >
  > > The bourdon tube is a sealed tube about 1/8" thick and is 
  > installed in the
  > > air stream path.  It is filled with a gas (probably air 
  > I'm not sure) that
  > > applies pressure to a bellows that opens and closes the heater 
  > control 
  > > valve
  > > like a thermostat in your home.  It is designed to 
  > maintain a constant
  > > temperature within the car's interior based on what the driver 
  > sets it at.
  > > The heater control valve without the tube just maintains a 
  > fixed amount of
  > > coolant flow through the heater core, it is not regulated 
  > automatically,> only by the fixed setting via the temp control handle.
  > >
  > > Bob J
  > >
  > >
  > >  _____
  > >
  > > From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  > [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
  > > Behalf Of Lindsey Fuller
  > > Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:34 AM
  > > To: Bob Jasinski
  > > Cc: 'Bill Leahy'; 'Chrysler300 list'
  > > Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > > Is the boudon tube necessary & what does it do?
  > >
  > > Bob Jasinski wrote:
  > >
  > >>Bill,
  > >>
  > >>There are kits available that include the rubber diaphragm 
  > that allow you
  > > to
  > >>rebuild the valve. The valve is disassembled by bending the 
  > little tabs
  > >>that hold it together, and basically you clean everything up, 
  > put in the
  > > new
  > >>diaphragm and reassemble. There are companies that will do 
  > this for you
  > >>also, and that may be a simpler way to go.
  > >>
  > >>New valves are also available, (check NAPA) there are some 
  > issues with the
  > >>new valves however. The issues are that they are steel, not 
  > brass, and 
  > >>they
  > >>do not include the temperature sensing bourdon tube the 
  > originals came
  > > with.
  > >>I would rebuild the original if it were my car, as I have had 
  > both and
  > >>prefer the original. Others may have a source for the kit 
  > and/or 
  > >>rebuilders
  > >>but you might try looking in Hemmings or Google search. My car 
  > is a 300G 
  > >>so
  > >>I can't say for sure the '57s had the bourdon tube, but I'll 
  > bet they did.
  > >>
  > >>Bob J
  > >> _____
  > >>
  > >>From: Chrysler300@ <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> 
  > yahoogroups.com> [mailto:Chrysler300@ 
  > <mailto:Chrysler300%40yahoogroups.com> 
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  > > On
  > >>Behalf Of Bill Leahy
  > >>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:11 PM
  > >>To: Chrysler300 list
  > >>Subject: [Chrysler300] 57 heater control valve
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>one of the many things to improve or still fix in the first 
  > place is my
  > >>heater control valve / it leaks badly.
  > >>
  > >>so, i finally have it out of the car and it looks like trouble 
  > trouble>>trouble / rusty and carroded.
  > >>
  > >>are they fixable or do ya replace them suckers?
  > >>
  > >>or do ya block them off and close one eye?
  > >>
  > >>billllllllll in not so sunny kennewick washington
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>
  > >>
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