Why would you do is as part of a dash removal? The heater valve is not behind the dash. It is outside, behind the radiator. You change it by dropping the spare tire and reaching up there while on your back on the ground. 82 watercooled have it inside next to the glovebox but still no reason to remove the dash.
Mark
Ryan Miller wrote: > I replaced my valve the last time I had my dash off. No difference. Still > got the hot foot. Problem (in my van) seems to be by adjusting the cable the > lever can either open the valve the whole way or close it the whole way. Not > both. To solve this I let it open the whole way for winter driving and then > will close off the coolant flow with the added valve in the summer. > > Ryan > |
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