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Chassis heat problems
03-16-2008, 07:45
Post: #18
Chassis heat problems
Three questions:

Why replace the valve at all, rather than a straight-through?

Did the handle still come to a stop at each end of travel (mine do)?

Where do you drain the coolant in order to get it low enough to remove the
valves?

On 3/16/2008 at 4:41 PM sfedeli3 wrote:

>Good luck! I sure hope it fixes your problem. I was so darn confounded
>with mine that I eventually gave up and just listened to Kelly
>complain about cold feet. Finding the dropped gate was purely
>accidental. The R&R on the water pump was just some "preventative"
>maintenance that I had elected to do.
>
>-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
> wrote:
>>
>> Shane, that's a new one, thanks!
>>
>> Don Bradner
>> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
>> Eureka, CA
>>
>> On 3/16/2008 at 11:13 AM sfedeli3 wrote:
>>
>> >Hi Don,
>> >
>> > My guess is that one of your gate valves "dropped". Even though the
>> > valve handle is turning, the inner gate is not lifting. My front heat
>> >circuit did not work for 3 years. Tried flushing the entire loop,
>> >replacing sporlans, relays, dash switches, circulating pump and still
>> >no heat. Finally, removed the gate valve when I pulled the water pump
>> >to replace it and saw that the gate was in the down position. The
>> >inner threads had eroded and when you rotated the handle, nothing
>> >would happen to the gate. I've replaced 2 of the 4 valves with ball
>> >valves.
>> >
>> >Shane Fedeli
>> >85PT40
>> >Hershey, PA
>> >
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