Reply to "Valve cover emblems & now extensions (11/24) update"

Simon,

On the OLD Mangustas, that was one of your heater control valves.

There were two, one on each side, and typically, those connections that you see where an actuator cable might go, were left empty! This required a Chinese fire drill at some convenient location every time someone wanted the heat on....or off....or on....

Not a well thought out aspect of the car details and apparently not one that concerned DeT too much in that the factory shipped hundreds of cars this way.

I believe that the Germans who built the last round of cars actually took the time to run cables up to the front somewhere......

The water valves that you see have a tendency to rot apart badly....even in the Fiats that they were originally sourced from....making them a tough piece to find!

Since my water valves were never on the car when I got it.....I had no idea what I was missing...had another completely different bag of troubles!

Short story is that I connected two ball valves in the passenger compartment, one on each side of the top of the center spine, behind the console top area, where I can just barely reach them. I leave the RH one cracked just a small amount, and then modulate temp quantity with the LH valve, which I can reach from the driver's seat with a minor amount of distortion..... If I was to ever blow out the heater core or blow a hose portion, I can easily shut both valves down.

The ONLY thing you need to be aware of in doing this, is that you need to install a small bypass hose somewhere, between the two heater lines, before the shut off valves. This provision allows for air bubbles to travel thru the system, out of the water pump, which is where they would collect without the bypass. Don't ask how I know this.....

The original configuration had this provision accounted for.

Cheers!
Steve