Blend Door Actuator - Not Cheap!!
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Blend Door Actuator - Not Cheap!!
Priced a blend door actuator at my local Dodge dealer today - $152.86 plus $12.61 tax for a total of $165.47. I can't afford that right now so I'm thinking of installing a ball valve in the heater hose to shut off the hot coolant, at least for the summer. The only thing that concerns me is there won't be any coolant going to the heat exchanger for the tranny. In hot weather that shouldn't be a problem. Has anyone used one of these ball valves in this type of application? I checked Home Depot but they don't carry 5/8ths ball valves - just 1/2" and 3/4". I guess I will have to order it on line.
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I haven't used a ball valve, but I did use an 8" piece of 5/8" tubing to bypass the heater core. Cost all of a couple of bucks with the hose clamps, and now the AC is ICE COLD. My issue is a leaking heater core though, so that will have to be replaced before winter...
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I checked Home Depot but they don't carry 5/8ths ball valves. I guess I will have to order it on line.
You're going to have to use 1/2 or 3/4.
My bet is 1/2 barbed fittings on a 1/2" valve will work.
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Any Auto Parts has 5/8" Valves for heater hose with a hand shutoff. They are universal application. Ask them to look in any A/C supply book. They should be under 10 bucks. If they can't find that they will have one for a cable control that will also work.
The blend door actuator can be had from a Ram 1500 from any yard. Easy to find! A few bucks at a U pull yard.
The blend door actuator can be had from a Ram 1500 from any yard. Easy to find! A few bucks at a U pull yard.
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Take a look at these..
http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/BPEheaterValve.asp
And while you are at it, this replaces the plastic armature on the door that breaks..
http://heatertreater.net/
http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/BPEheaterValve.asp
And while you are at it, this replaces the plastic armature on the door that breaks..
http://heatertreater.net/
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Take a look at these..
http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/BPEheaterValve.asp
And while you are at it, this replaces the plastic armature on the door that breaks..
http://heatertreater.net/
http://www.bouchillonperformance.com/BPEheaterValve.asp
And while you are at it, this replaces the plastic armature on the door that breaks..
http://heatertreater.net/
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Any Auto Parts has 5/8" Valves for heater hose with a hand shutoff. They are universal application. Ask them to look in any A/C supply book. They should be under 10 bucks. If they can't find that they will have one for a cable control that will also work.
The blend door actuator can be had from a Ram 1500 from any yard. Easy to find! A few bucks at a U pull yard.
The blend door actuator can be had from a Ram 1500 from any yard. Easy to find! A few bucks at a U pull yard.
That is an excellent idea - I will have to wait until the weather chills first. It's too hot and too humid to be messing around in a wrecking yard.
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