Re: Rebuilding the Carter WGD

Posted by Hans On 2013/7/13 3:59:03

Well, maybe just one small last question which suddenly popped to my mind.

The heat control (hot spot) valve in the manifold seems to miss the thermostatic coil spring. In the past the valve has been fixed to open position. IMO this does not affect starting or warming up in a way that I can detect it. Should I still replace the missing spring and if so are they available?

My friend's Willys MB jeep (1942) has a similar heat control valve layout with a similar thermostatic spring. Are these springs generic, in other words would I be able to use the Willy's coil spring?.