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Curt Sprenger

Anyone know which of the four coolant gate valves work with the
hot water heater vs. the chassis heaters? This is for our '87 8V92.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA

sfedeli3

Curt- Mine has a 5th valve up high near the gas strut on the left side of the
back of the coach. I think that it worked in conjunction with the one behind the
bumper that's hidden from view.

Shane Fedeli
85PT40
Hershey, PA

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger wrote:
>
> Anyone know which of the four coolant gate valves work with the hot water
> heater vs. the chassis heaters? This is for our '87 8V92.
>
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, CA
>

Curt Sprenger

Shane, Thanks.
Yup, found the 5th one. Looking at the Diagram and checking at the Detorit, two valves are beside and just forward of the 8V92 water pump. Looks like they supply/return the dash heater coolant, Auxillary Pump in the supply side.  Two of the remaining three are marked Supply/Return. The 5th has no marking. It might be to shut off the coolant flow if working on the water heater.  Sound good???


The reason I'm investigating is Betty would like the dash heat off as it does get very warm during a hot day, with the front vents open. I'm wondering if the dash area Spoolan Valve needs attention. Does one access it from out front of the coach or remove the dash register forward of the step well cover?  


Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA




On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:46 PM, sfedeli3 <"sfedeli3@comcast.net"> wrote:
 


Curt- Mine has a 5th valve up high near the gas strut on the left side of the back of the coach. I think that it worked in conjunction with the one behind the bumper that's hidden from view.



Shane Fedeli

85PT40

Hershey, PA




--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", Curt Sprenger wrote:

>

> Anyone know which of the four coolant gate valves work with the hot water

> heater vs. the chassis heaters? This is for our '87 8V92.

>

>

> Curt Sprenger

> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"

> Anaheim Hills, CA

>



Don Bradner

On mine, that forward valve (which happens to be a Bosch on this coach rather
than Sporlan) is only accessible from below.

Don Bradner
90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
Stuck on the way to Buellton with Throttle Sensor problems.
My location: http://www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1

On 10/11/2009 at 4:26 PM Curt Sprenger wrote:

>Shane, Thanks.
>Yup, found the 5th one. Looking at the Diagram and checking at the Detorit,
>two valves are beside and just forward of the 8V92 water pump. Looks like
>they supply/return the dash heater coolant, Auxillary Pump in the supply
>side. Two of the remaining three are marked Supply/Return. The 5th has no
>marking. It might be to shut off the coolant flow if working on the water
>heater. Sound good???
>
>The reason I'm investigating is Betty would like the dash heat off as it
>does get very warm during a hot day, with the front vents open. I'm
>wondering if the dash area Spoolan Valve needs attention. Does one access
>it
>from out front of the coach or remove the dash register forward of the step
>well cover?
>
>
>Curt Sprenger
>1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
>Anaheim Hills, CA
>
>
>
>On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:46 PM, sfedeli3 <sfedeli3@...> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Curt- Mine has a 5th valve up high near the gas strut on the left side of
>> the back of the coach. I think that it worked in conjunction with the one
>> behind the bumper that's hidden from view.
>>
>> Shane Fedeli
>> 85PT40
>> Hershey, PA
>>
>>
>> --- In
>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
>> Curt Sprenger wrote:
>> >
>> > Anyone know which of the four coolant gate valves work with the hot
>water
>> > heater vs. the chassis heaters? This is for our '87 8V92.
>> >
>> >
>> > Curt Sprenger
>> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
>> > Anaheim Hills, CA
>> >
>>
>>
>>

Curt Sprenger

Hi Don, Thanks. I'll take a look up under in  the morning.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, CA




On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Don Bradner <"bluethunder@arcatapet.com"> wrote:
 


On mine, that forward valve (which happens to be a Bosch on this coach rather than Sporlan) is only accessible from below.



Don Bradner

90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"

Stuck on the way to Buellton with Throttle Sensor problems.

My location: www.bbirdmaps.com/user2.cfm?user=1




On 10/11/2009 at 4:26 PM Curt Sprenger wrote:



>Shane, Thanks.

>Yup, found the 5th one. Looking at the Diagram and checking at the Detorit,

>two valves are beside and just forward of the 8V92 water pump. Looks like

>they supply/return the dash heater coolant, Auxillary Pump in the supply

>side. Two of the remaining three are marked Supply/Return. The 5th has no

>marking. It might be to shut off the coolant flow if working on the water

>heater. Sound good???

>

>The reason I'm investigating is Betty would like the dash heat off as it

>does get very warm during a hot day, with the front vents open. I'm

>wondering if the dash area Spoolan Valve needs attention. Does one access

>it

>from out front of the coach or remove the dash register forward of the step

>well cover?

>

>

>Curt Sprenger

>1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"

>Anaheim Hills, CA

>

>

>

>On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:46 PM, sfedeli3 <"sfedeli3%40comcast.net"> wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> Curt- Mine has a 5th valve up high near the gas strut on the left side of

>> the back of the coach. I think that it worked in conjunction with the one

>> behind the bumper that's hidden from view.

>>

>> Shane Fedeli

>> 85PT40

>> Hershey, PA

>>

>>

>> --- In
>"WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com"40yahoogroups.com>,


>> Curt Sprenger wrote:

>> >

>> > Anyone know which of the four coolant gate valves work with the hot

>water

>> > heater vs. the chassis heaters? This is for our '87 8V92.

>> >

>> >

>> > Curt Sprenger

>> > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"

>> > Anaheim Hills, CA

>> >

>>

>>

>>



sfedeli3

Hi Curt,

Glad you found it. I'd agree- it seems to be for isolating the water heater in
the event of a blowout in the heat exchanger or if you are working on the
heater. My front dash heat behaves the same way- even with the dash switch off,
it still gets warm. I have to turn off the two valves on the top and bottom of
the engine water pump to keep the queen happy in summer.

-Shane

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger wrote:
>
> Shane, Thanks.
> Yup, found the 5th one. Looking at the Diagram and checking at the Detorit,
> two valves are beside and just forward of the 8V92 water pump. Looks like
> they supply/return the dash heater coolant, Auxillary Pump in the supply
> side. Two of the remaining three are marked Supply/Return. The 5th has no
> marking. It might be to shut off the coolant flow if working on the water
> heater. Sound good???
>
> The reason I'm investigating is Betty would like the dash heat off as it
> does get very warm during a hot day, with the front vents open. I'm
> wondering if the dash area Spoolan Valve needs attention. Does one access it
> from out front of the coach or remove the dash register forward of the step
> well cover?
>
>
> Curt Sprenger
> 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> Anaheim Hills, CA
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:46 PM, sfedeli3 <sfedeli3@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Curt- Mine has a 5th valve up high near the gas strut on the left side of
> > the back of the coach. I think that it worked in conjunction with the one
> > behind the bumper that's hidden from view.
> >
> > Shane Fedeli
> > 85PT40
> > Hershey, PA
> >
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com,
> > Curt Sprenger wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone know which of the four coolant gate valves work with the hot water
> > > heater vs. the chassis heaters? This is for our '87 8V92.
> > >
> > >
> > > Curt Sprenger
> > > 1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> > > Anaheim Hills, CA
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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