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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Heater valve thread

Does anyone know what the thread on the 1275 heater valve is?
David k Brenchley

*IF* you mean the one on the heater trunking flap fitted the wrong way round it's called "Curious heater issue".

If not I'm as usual clueless.
Nigel Atkins

I think David means the screw thread, but I don't know. And which one? The tap on mine is made of at least three parts all of which screw together IIRC.

I guess the one from the tap into the plinth?

AdrianR

Yeap, I'm clueless again, I read David's post as where instead of what.

Sorry.

David,
you could email Ashley Hinton, he'd know as he makes them.
Nigel Atkins

What goes into the cly head is a pipe thread but I'm not sure what size

1 Paper

Cylinder head is just a hole, above that is a gasket then the adapter then a shim/washer to move the tap around for the different inlet location on the round/single box heater/blower. It's the tap and adapter together that have threads, quite course IIRC.
Nigel Atkins

What nigal said

Prop
1 Paper

To clear any confusion, the thread on the tap that screws into the adaptor plate. During our clutch change the valve came off in my hand - brass v/v, alloy plate, iron head = corrosion. Looking to replace the v/v with an adaptor and connect to hose, never close valve anyway.
David k Brenchley

IIRC the Austin A35 had the heater valve on the heater, so it just had an adapter with a spigot on the head.

I may have one somewhere.
Dave O'Neill 2

David

If you are dispensing with the heater valve and keeping the heater (which is important for cooling the block rather than blanking this outlet off - there is a re-route the outlet option too with heater delete and returning the water outlet to the engine) you might want to use: https://www.minispares.com/product/Classic/Cooling_heating/Heating/Valves/12G2534.aspx?070103

I am away from my car, so cannot remember if the heater hose is 5/8" bore or 1/2" (can get hose adapters - look under cooling on Minispares)

Cheers
Mike
M Wood

Mike, perfect thank you.
David k Brenchley

David

You are welcome.

Here's a version for 1/2" hose: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-A35-A30-HEATER-FLANGE-AND-TUBE-FITS-ENGINE-2A441-/292301602140?hash=item440e887d5c

If you want to go down the replacement tap route the above supplier - Ashley Hinton - does them I think: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/ashleyhintonmgparts2002

Cheers
Mike
M Wood

Just for conversation, I remember a very long time ago fitting one of these to a 998cc mini head - https://www.minispares.com/product/Classic/Engine/Cylinder_heads/Head_components/12A2075.aspx?100402 - may be what would work into the surviving plinth mount for the heater. Note they mention the thread size - 5/8" 16 threads per inch Whitworth fine and a tip to recut to a more easily available thread and use one of these: https://www.minispares.com/product/Classic/Exhaust_and_manifold/Inlet/Inlet/12H1405MS.aspx?110202

To top from Dave above on the A35 part - this is in the Ashely Hinton link in a previous post.

Cheers
Mike
M Wood

As Mike and Dave have put, 1/2" hose adapter from Ashley Hinton.

Plus if your head is anything like mine you might also want to use HylotyteŽ Red 100 semi-hardening jointing compound, it's worked when the blues ones haven't.

http://hylomar.com/hylomar-product-range/gasket-jointing-compounds/

If you decide to keep a tap/valvle then through experience I'd recommend sticking with Ashley Hinton, though I can't see it listed on his ebay at the moment.

You can see the adapter/base plate thread here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-midget-AUSTIN-HEALEY-SPRITE-MORRIS-MINOR-HEATER-TAP-BASE-PLATE-PART-ACA5456/292335827253?hash=item441092b935:g:LlAAAOSw44BYiIgW
Nigel Atkins

Mike,

That page is wrong as 5/8" BSF is 14 TPI and 5/8" UNF is 18 TPI.
David Billington

This thread was discussed between 17/11/2017 and 18/11/2017

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