Chassis heat problems

[sfedeli3]

Good luck! I sure hope it fixes your problem. I was so darn confounded
with mine that I eventually gave up and just listened to Kelly
complain about cold feet. Finding the dropped gate was purely
accidental. The R&R on the water pump was just some "preventative"
maintenance that I had elected to do.

-- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Don Bradner"
wrote:
>
> Shane, that's a new one, thanks!
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>
> On 3/16/2008 at 11:13 AM sfedeli3 wrote:
>
> >Hi Don,
> >
> > My guess is that one of your gate valves "dropped". Even though the
> > valve handle is turning, the inner gate is not lifting. My front heat
> >circuit did not work for 3 years. Tried flushing the entire loop,
> >replacing sporlans, relays, dash switches, circulating pump and still
> >no heat. Finally, removed the gate valve when I pulled the water pump
> >to replace it and saw that the gate was in the down position. The
> >inner threads had eroded and when you rotated the handle, nothing
> >would happen to the gate. I've replaced 2 of the 4 valves with ball
> >valves.
> >
> >Shane Fedeli
> >85PT40
> >Hershey, PA
> >