Or even the outbound hose. Both hoses are easy to access under the van
near the sliding door. Putting a valve there is easy and might make
sense for a master valve that gets turned on/off only seasonally.
Personally I consider this type of "fix" to be butchery. The stock valve
does not cost much. Make sure that any new one you buy closes all the
way. If you can blow any air though it at all when closed, refuse it. I
have had a bad batch of new ones that did not seal completely and later
got worse all too soon.

Mark

Ron Mueller wrote:

> A manula  heater valve can be installed anyhwere in the inbound heater hose.
> To add a push rod, or cable would require some mechanical dextarity.
> Ron
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "don spence" <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 12:29 PM
> Subject: Re: heater valve
>
>
>
>>John
>>  Is there a place to install the ball valve where it is accessible
>>from inside the vehicle, or better yet can be controlled on the
>>dash?  (push rod etc?)
>>
>>
>>
>>>Only 15K miles old, it really shouldn't be bad. It may be that it's
>>>simply
>>>not closing all the way and the cable that operates it needs
>>>adjustment. As
>>>for the metal ball valve, that's pretty easy, if you decide you
>>>want that.
>>>two 5/8" hose barb fittings screwed into either end of the valve, a
>>>couple
>>>hose clamps, and you have all you need.
>>>
>>>--
>>
>