Hi,
I am rather sure that the heater control valve in my 250 GTE is not original. As far as I know there is a bracket or kind of holder on which the heater control valve is mounted. Can anyone tell me if mine is genuine and if not send me pictures what it should look like?!
Thank you and regards,
Martin
Is this heater control valve original?
Re: Is this heater control valve original?
Greetings... What I see is not a thermostat but a heater control valve. Not sure if that is correct for your GTE but it is what is used on the 330GT.
Tim
Tim
1964 330GT 5769 -the big yellow taxi 61&66 Morgan +4's Daimler SP250 Turner 950S and some other dull stuff plus a brand Mercedes C300 4matic
Re: Is this heater control valve original?
Hello Tim,
thank you for your reply - you are absolutely right, it is the heater control valve - sorry for my bad technical English, in German you call that a thermostat. Anyhow, good to know that it was used at 330‘s, so it is a least Ferrari related. My belief is that it is wrong for the 250 GTE, but I am not sure. Maybe someone else knows?,
Regards, Martin
thank you for your reply - you are absolutely right, it is the heater control valve - sorry for my bad technical English, in German you call that a thermostat. Anyhow, good to know that it was used at 330‘s, so it is a least Ferrari related. My belief is that it is wrong for the 250 GTE, but I am not sure. Maybe someone else knows?,
Regards, Martin
250 GTE #3631 (series Ii)
Re: Is this heater control valve original?
It looks like mine on #2693. No bracket, just floats between hoses.
Re: Is this heater control valve original?
Greetings... It does look different from mine. The arm and the fitting on the end of the cable are different and on mine, the hoses come off parallel to each other. Basic design looks very similar though
Tim
Tim
1964 330GT 5769 -the big yellow taxi 61&66 Morgan +4's Daimler SP250 Turner 950S and some other dull stuff plus a brand Mercedes C300 4matic
Re: Is this heater control valve original?
Here is a photo of the heater control valve on my GTE #2853.
David Wheeler commented that he had not seen one mounted like this before. It was like that when I got the car in 1971. Who knows what happened before that.
(Did ths photo attach?)
David Wheeler commented that he had not seen one mounted like this before. It was like that when I got the car in 1971. Who knows what happened before that.
(Did ths photo attach?)
Re: Is this heater control valve original?
Then if you are not worried about originality:
Regards, Kerry
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Re: Is this heater control valve original?
Kerry is right as to the originality of the valve in his photo. That is not the correct shade of blue. Mike
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Re: Is this heater control valve original?
The inner wing valance mounted heater control valve looks good to me, original or not. An improvement over a valve flapping around according to the free movement in the piping.
Terry Gardiner
250GTE - #4681
365BB - #18131
250GTE - #4681
365BB - #18131