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444 Heater Control Valve Needed 444-544

posted by  tscarola on  Mon Mar 3 14:20 CST 2008
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I took apart the old heater control valve yesterday and I found the 2c rubber seal that went bad. There only seems to be the one rubber seal in the entire unit and the design around the seal is very poor. The seal is rubber with a fine layer of cloth sandwiched in between. I had to grind down the four metal tabs holding the copper/brass pipe to the outer shield just to get to the seal. And the seal itself isn't just a flat piece of rubber, but it has a sort of recessed funnel so it can't be easily duplicated. I really can't believe that such a nice unit would be designed in such a fashion. Everything but the rubber would obviously last for 100+ years.

Here is a graphical representation of the seal:



Not sure what to do at this point. Anyone else have such problems with their heater control valve??

Thanks in advance,
--
Tony Scarola
1958 Volvo PV444 (P44408)
See http://www.scarolas.com/58VolvoPV444/






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