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trampintransit
Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:57 pm Post subject: Smiths heater valves |
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I bought a valve for the Smiths heater on my car from the club. Unfortunately, this particular valve seems to be, like everything else on my car...unique. Having spent two evenings trawling tinterweb, it turns out that no other Smiths valve has the same physical layout ,and more importantly the same clockwise to close action.
unfortunately , the item that came from the club is not only physically still the wrong layout ( it's about 90 degrees out ) but the build quality is shocking. It locks in the 'closed' position and I needed to get a tiny file in to stop it from doing so...only to then find out that the damn thing isn't even closed when it's closed...there's still a substantial throughput of water. But there's a lso just the feeling that it's a piece of really cheap junk that'll last months before failing in some way....
SO ... who has experience of Smiths valves that are actually of decent quality? _________________ '60 Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire
'80 Reliant Scimitar
'47 Jaguar MKIV --- in bits!!!! |
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badhuis
Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1391 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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The water valve on my TR4 leaked so I prised it open. The rubber diaphragm was worn through. So I bought a new one. This does not leak but because the effort to close the valve is too big, the cable will kink.
At the recommendation of other owners I now have bought an American made valve which supposedly would be better quality. I will report when I have received and fitted it. _________________ a car stops being fun when it becomes an investment |
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trampintransit
Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2018 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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That sounds like it came out the same factory as mine...it sticks in the closed position...keep me in the loop when you get your new one?
The one you got that didn't leak ....that was fully closed when closed ...if you see what I mean? No water flowed in the closed position? _________________ '60 Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 1210 Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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trampintransit
Joined: 09 Aug 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Not repairable I'm afraid..I tried to dissasemble it but it just fell apart. The valve yu repaired was held together with four fastners ..this one is crimped. Plus .. the input pipe is shattered anyway, there's barely enough pipe to hold onto the outgoing hose. _________________ '60 Armstrong Siddeley Star Sapphire
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'47 Jaguar MKIV --- in bits!!!! |
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