Re: More obsessing about hoses and other 1964 engine bay details...

tomj, you said... 

>>> The valve assembly you're referring to is the heater control valve. It goes
>>> inline with the return hose. If you can control the temperature, it's just
>>> somewhere else on your car.
>>
>> Well, there does not appear to be any such animal on the line.  Anyone
>> have more info on this?  Should I have one of these, and it just got lost
>> in the years before I had the car?
>
>If you can control the heat with the dash lever, you've got one.
>On the 10 and 80 series, the valve is in a pocket on the fan
>housing.  It's pretty obvious, as the heater hose runs to it and
>the control cable from the dash runs to it.
>
>(BTW, these leak, but there is a repair kit available; same valve
>as Volvos.)

Good -- then it's something I need not worry about (unless it one day 
leaks).  Thanks!

Cheers,
Gwen Smith




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