Reply To: Clayton heater

Hi Tim,

The valve control is a Citroen advance/retard dash lever, I made the ali bracket and got a local Trophy firm to engrave the legend and arrows. I thought it looked in keeping. In my set-up the water is pumped out of the head towards the radiator header tank. I have T’ed off to the heater at that point, so that it gets hot water as soon as its hot. The inline t/stat is next in line with 3 x 6mm bleed holes drilled to allow some circulation, then the water gets into the header tank. If the heater valve is closed all the flow goes through the radiator.

I find that the car is toasty even down to 5 degC,  a friend traveling with me recently complained he was too hot, I take this as a success. The only annoyance is that the wire winding on the heating pipes in the Clayton heater, vibrate at certain speeds, which I find irritating. I am gradually packing them with pieces of leather to reduce the buzz.

Enjoy the heat, oh and avoid the salt!

Jack

• This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by Jack Peppiatt.