Which heater valve are you talking about?

Jim

On Jul 30, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Brian Honan wrote:

> I know this has been brought up before, I did not have any luck
> getting on
> the archives page, and honestly did not try to hard again.
>
> Heater valve, replaced about 15K miles ago, and what a great time
> of year
> for it to start leaking again. I proubly should not even notice the
> heater
> on because it is so hot outside.
>
>  Back to the old question, is this regular where and tear or is
> this a crap
> part ?
>
>   I have heard it sugested replaceing it with a metal ball valve
> from the
> hardware store. Has anyone tried this ? are there convertion
> conectors for
> the size hose and end fittings.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
> 87 Vanagon "Nietzsche"
>