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07-03-12 08:18 PM - Post#2244232

I've been wanting to put a valve in my heater circuit for a long time, and I was finally going to do it tonight. My dad gave me a used 1/2" ball valve. I removed the handle, and got a 1/2" close schedule 80 pipe nipple free from a local supply house. My intention was to mount it directly to the intake manifold. I found that when I tried mounting the valve assembly the shaft would hit the valve cover so I couldn't screw it in more than about one thread. At 9pm, and in my socks, I wasn't ready to pull the valve cover, so I put it back together they way it was.

I haven't decided whether I'll install it when I get around to doing my injectors, distributor, and valve cover gaskets, or if I'll put it in the middle of the heater hose floating instead of solidly mounted.

99 K3500 RCLB

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