47 cad heater valve

[TonyZappone #2624]

Looks like the heater valve on my 47 is leaking.  Who is the best source (price and reputation) for such things?  Tony Zappone

[Otto Skorzeny]

Try this dude.

http://www.heatercontrolvalve.com/

[TonyZappone #2624]

Otto thanks for the info.  I took it out yesterday.  What a bear.  I had to remove the whole defroster assembly.  Its okay, I'll paint everything while its out.   Tony

[TonyZappone #2624]

Here is the summary of the bad heater valve.  There are no new ones to buy.  In the 47 Cad the valve is a Ranco HF-2.  I was given a good lead for a rebuild source, but I had been reading Old Air Products ads in Hemmings for 30 years.  I called, spoke to Lee, he told me the rebuild price was $76.50, plus freight return.  I priority mailed it to them, the valve came back to me last Friday.  It was completely repainted, the copper tubing shining, and very nice.  Installed it yesterday, works beautifully.  I had to take the radio out also, because the cable broke on the "heat" lever.  This job is tough.  If I had to do it again, I would bypass it to the underseat heaters, put a shutoff valve to the heater hose under the hood for summer, and forget about it.  Forget about finding a new one.  The rubber that dries out in these things would probably be as bad as the failed one.  (Should this be moved now to technical, to help somebody else?  I don't know how to do that)