On my last two vans I simply installed a 90 degree shutoff ball valve in a
heater line behind the removable panel in the cab. Off in summer, on in
winter. I think I will do it that way again after having futzed with that
heater valve underneath. It's to much trouble,

On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 1:37 AM Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> To drop the valve to the driveway. One of them can’t be suspending the
> valve. They both must come free.
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 30, 2021, at 9:10 PM, Gene P <olgreywoof@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Good idea.  Minor point, just to make it a little easier –
> > That valve is inline in one of those hoses, the return I think.  I don’t
> know why you’d need to disconnect the other hose.  ??
> >
> > From: Jim. Felder
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 5:32 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Re: Hot Foot well
> >
> > I went inside the cabin, dropped the glove box, clamped off the two hoses
> > going down to the heater valve,removed the hoses and dropped the valve
> > assembly with hoses and cable onto the driveway to work on it. You have
> to
> > undo the little clamp on the heater valve control cable by removing the
> > instrument cluster and the slider plate if I recall correctly.
> >
>