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Heater valve alternative – again #1
mgdriver Joern Mueller-Neuhaus Koenigsbrunn/Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany Sign in to contact 1964 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT	Topic Creator (OP) Aug 20, 2014 12:05 PM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 495 Posts

I thought this moght be of interest to somebody: today I fitted my new heater valve, it´s from a VW Golf/Rabbit. It simply fits in the piping from the head to the heater and even the original cable can be reused with a bit of tinkering. All that is now missing is to fix the cable to the lever. For this the hole in the lever has to be enlarged to accept a choke cable trunion. That´s it.

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #2
PFT-000 Bruce Ibbotson Brisbane, Australia Sign in to contact 1968 MG MGC GT "The Truck"	Aug 20, 2014 07:04 PM Top Contributor Joined 11 years ago 3,539 Posts

Joern,

That looks like a very good solution and being from a VW it should be reliable, unlike the original Smith's unit.

Bruce.

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #3
kirks-auto Robert Kirk (RIP) Davenport, IA, USA Sign in to contact	Aug 21, 2014 07:24 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 21,573 Posts

Blasphemy! devil smiley

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Robert Kirk

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #4
Silvertoast Chuck S Kansas City, MO, USA Sign in to contact 1973 MG MGB "The "English Patient"	Nov 16, 2014 03:54 AM Joined 10 years ago 29 Posts

Hi Robert, I haven't approached my heater restore as yet, but was curious what the problem is with these original, or after market heater valves, and do you have an idea of what should be done to improve their reliability.

Thanks, Chuck

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #5
chuckmosher Chuck Mosher Minneapolis, MN, USA Sign in to contact 1953 MG TD 1961 Ford Ranchero 1962 MG MGA MkII "Othello" 1968 MG MGC GT "Tordos"	Nov 16, 2014 07:15 AM Joined 14 years ago 439 Posts

This thread outlines some of the issues ..

Heater Valve Problems

Chuck

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #6
ron neal Coastal, SC, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA MkII 1968 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC GT & more	Nov 16, 2014 09:30 AM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 8,006 Posts

New products in Nov issue of Enjoying MG. MGOC is now producing early MGC (manufactured prior to May of 68) heater tap fittings.
It includes the heater valve bracket (27H8841)that bolts to heater face and steel elbow (12B1963) which fits to the head.
Just another possible option.
Ron

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #7
romeo69 Stephen Curtis , Berkshire, UK Sign in to contact 1967 MG MGC	Nov 16, 2014 09:37 AM Joined 13 years ago 1,801 Posts

In reply to # 2851776 by ron neal New products in Nov issue of Enjoying MG. MGOC is now producing early MGC (manufactured prior to May of 68) heater tap fittings.
It includes the heater valve bracket (27H8841)that bolts to heater face and steel elbow (12B1963) which fits to the head.
Just another possible option.
Ron

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #8
romeo69 Stephen Curtis , Berkshire, UK Sign in to contact 1967 MG MGC	Nov 16, 2014 09:41 AM Joined 13 years ago 1,801 Posts

Made these brackets many years ago..glad to see the big boys stepping up making parts haha to little to late..

In reply to # 2851787 by romeo69

In reply to # 2851776 by ron neal New products in Nov issue of Enjoying MG. MGOC is now producing early MGC (manufactured prior to May of 68) heater tap fittings.
It includes the heater valve bracket (27H8841)that bolts to heater face and steel elbow (12B1963) which fits to the head.
Just another possible option.
Ron

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #9
ron neal Coastal, SC, USA Sign in to contact 1962 MG MGA MkII 1968 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC 1969 MG MGC GT & more	Nov 16, 2014 12:25 PM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 8,006 Posts

Stephen
I will confess i never knew you made them. Not owning a early car it was never on my radar.
Ron

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #10
kirks-auto Robert Kirk (RIP) Davenport, IA, USA Sign in to contact	Nov 16, 2014 01:43 PM Top Contributor Joined 15 years ago 21,573 Posts

MGOC was my source for the units with a 50% failure rate. FWIW.

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Robert Kirk

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Re: Heater valve alternative – again #11
romeo69 Stephen Curtis , Berkshire, UK Sign in to contact 1967 MG MGC	Nov 17, 2014 04:35 AM Joined 13 years ago 1,801 Posts

In reply to # 2851970 by kirks-auto MGOC was my source for the units with a 50% failure rate. FWIW.

strange you buy from them and say they failed ..you know the source deal with him direct ..fallen out with the mgoc!!

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