The heater valve should be a 2 position 4 way (vacuum operated). It bypasses when the flow to the heater core is shut off.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Message:0001 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 20:28:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: heater water plumbing Message-ID: <20050613202110.M860@localhost>
So I bought a 1983 "TSM" for my motor (258), but it's practically worthless. A flimsy thing with the bare facts and no useful photos! What crap!
Can anyone give me hints on how the water gets plumbed? Is the heater core full-flow? How does the intake manifold get plumbed?
My plan is to find some "Y"'s and plumb the heater and intake in parallel. The 1970 heater has the cable-driven hot water valve. Did 83 use a hot water valve or was the core full-flow?
I use "Y"s in my LP car, since the water-heated LP converter needs water heating. I figured I'd do the same here.
Peter Marano Kenosha WI