Why would you need a shunt to bypass the heater core? Just plugging the lines to the heater core should do the trick, since when the valve for the heater is closed it does the same thing (or am I missing something here.... ? :). Howard
On 29 Jun 99, at 11:01, Coby Smolens wrote: > One c-clamp won't do the trick. a piece of 1/2" EMT (electrical conduit) > bent in a U will. Connect both hose ends to the U shaped piece. You're > just creating a shunt which bypasses the heater. Otherwise you can pinch > off BOTH hoses (in a pinch), but I wouldn't do that for any extended > period...
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