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MG MGB Technical - Specialist piece for alternate heater valves

It is always amazing to me how many things that have found their inspiration from conversations on this forum or on someone's website have found themselves being sold by someone else. One example is the kit sold today for the Saturn Alternator conversion and even one someone generated for the Bosch Alternator I used to advocate.

Recently while rummaging through the flotsam of the internet for something else, I ran across this little piece - http://pembrokeparts.com/PHF.htm - created to facilitate the building of an alternative heater valve similar to the one I show on my website ( http://www.cibolas7.net/12272.html ), I don't recall ever having heard from this fellow, but I'm impressed with his work and ambition.
Robert Muenchausen

At least he put your name in with the stolen picture! Better than some I can think of.

FRM
FR Millmore

I, too, have had design ideas pinched from the internet. Whole articles, actually, with no link to the original author, myself. If it serves the greater good, so be it. RAY
rjm RAY

I am glad he credited you with the photo caption - I would add that the valve modification shown has been a fairly commonly known one for years in our area. My 83 year old father fabricated this same modification on his own one day in his garage - for his MGBGT. He never uses the internet now and it didnt really exist back when he did it.

I think it is common sometimes for the same good idea to spring up in several places independent of each other.

That adaptor plate seems very well made.

Bob - I enjoyed reading over your site.
J. W. Delk

made one myself for 10.00. got sick of the leaky replacement.
don g

"had design ideas pinched from the internet"

Me too, the cheeky bugger even used my schematics for a series of articles in the MGOC magazine until I queried it.

I used to link to useful photos and drawings from my site, but I found people would change URLs or whatever and I would lose them, so now I take copies but always give an attribution link to the page I got them from.
P Hunt

Indeed, the idea is not new with my use of it, it is nothing more than a modification of the old twist valves used for heaters on countless cars for countless decades.

It occurred to me because I had experience working with boilers and similar valves would work for ages without the problems of the OE heater valves. And it was something the average shadetree mechanic could do for himself, if he chose.

I was simply surprised at his using the photo, but never having contacted me about that. Like so many others, I figure that whatever I put up on the internet is going to become "public domain" anyway. So, to my mind, I can't fault him for what he has done. It is just an interesting phenomenon of this modern life.
Robert Muenchausen

Great idea, obviously pinched from Bob M.
Since the ball valve needs only a quarter turn from full off the full on, I'd somehow arrange the control handle to be off at 45º. Might need some filing of the square hole in the handle, or a new handle made. Then the control cable could be attached to the handle by a clevis and pin, and remote control retained.
Fraser Cooper

Fraser, did you see some of the variations of control starting about halfway down this page?

http://www.britishcarforum.com/bobmuenchausen/12272.html

Most of these didn't really need a change in angle of the lever for control of the ball valve to retain full off to full on movement. FYI
Robert Muenchausen

This thread was discussed between 27/01/2010 and 04/02/2010

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