Yes, that part is pretty straightforward to design and execute. Plumbing the coolant flow is where it gets fun. I need a new branch off the coolant circuit on the other side of the existing monovalve for the bypass circuit. Right now that branching occurs in the existing monovalve body. This means finding a "Y" or "T" fitting of the right diameter and splicing that in, and routing the new branch off that fitting to the newly added monovalve / bypass circuit. ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 10:11 AM Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Sat, 21 Dec 2019 08:46:08 -0500 Meade Dillon via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > One way to re-engineer would be replace the $450 valve (two-way) with > > two on-off valves, one on the heater core circuit and one on the bypass > > circuit, controlled so that either one or the other is open. That > > would be a bit of work, but less expensive than a new monovalve. > > No, it would not be a bit of work; all you have to do is add an ice-cube > relay. With +12 to the armature, the normally-closed contact will provide > power with the signal to the coil off and the normally-open contact will > provide power with the signal to the coil on. You just have to figure out > which on-off valve to connect to which contact, i.e., when energized, does > the two-way monovalve open the heater circuit or the bypass circuit? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com