RE: BillM

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I brought my heater valve to an industrial supplier of gaskets and 
o-rings for them to look at.  They gave me an o-ring that worked fine 
although I do not often have my 313 opened up.  I have, however, on 
occasion let the 230 horses run and did not get wet feet.

Putting a gasket on the outside of the heater box will not solve the 
problem.  The heater valve is stuck into the core and sealed with the 
o-ring.  If the o-ring is defective the coolant will come out between 
the core and valve and run down onto the floor.

It may be that your rebuilt valve let go but likely it is the o-ring.  

Drain the coolant down enough to get the valve out of the heater box and 
you can then look at it.

I also do not want components on my car that don't work.  Fortunately, 
most items can be easily fixed with better parts than original.

Good luck.

K.

Bill Maurits wrote:
> 
> That's a great suggestion...if you don't want heat in your car. I
> personally am not willing to have one of the systems in my vehicles
> disconnected. It worked and didn't piss on your feet when the factory
> sold the car, it should work now.
> 
> I'm not gonna drive it in winter either, but we do have some really
> nice, cool, fall cruising days in this area. Since the wife is usually
> w/ me when we go out, I need to fix it in the interest of domestic
> tranquility.
> 
> I'm gonna have to pull the heater box out of the car again anyway to
> replace my defective rebuilt heater control valve, I'll look @ the
> existing 'o-ring' gasket, and possibly add a supplementary "flat
> donut" gasket on the outside...dunno.
> 
> I just figured someone else might have come across a solid repair for
> this by now.
> 
> Bill M
> 65 Coronet 500 'vert
> 
> On 10/9/06, Don Dulmage <big-d@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I have had this experience too often in my early days with my 64 383 
> > wagon and a couple of other cars. I now refuse to hook up the heater 
> > core. First I dont drive in the winter anyway and secondly even with  
> > replacing I used to lose one every year or so. when i pushed the RPM 
> > high. (I figure the heater cores are not up to the strain of a B pump at 
> > 6500rpm) Enuf already. Now I dont worry about it.
> > Don
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Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)


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