Heres a fix for those of you who may be experiencing difficulties with your clubman heater tap.

Bits youll need are:
1 x Jayair universal heater tap 5/8" HA4008
2 x Heater hose Holden VP 3.8 litre V6 CH1779

I purchased these bits from Bursons.
You may be able to do it without the heater hoses but youll need to find a way to match the 1/2" outlet from the heater to the tap which is 5/8". I found that the Holden heater hose had a nice 5/8 to nearly 1/2" reduction at one end complete with a right angle bend which enables to hose to point up towards where the heater hose goes out through the firewall box section. (Check when you buy the hoses that one end actually does reduce to about 1/2. I may have just got a couple that were not manufactured correctly)

You will need to modify the original tap mounting bracket by cutting off the two arms and then bending the bracket flat so the the new tap aligns with the heater inlet pipe, fairly easy to do. I then cable tied the tap to the modified bracket for some support.

The cable operates the same as a normal clubman. I had to form a circle on the end on the cable inner to fit on the tap operating post and shorten the outer cable slightly to get the operating range. (I think my cable had been straightened not sure what the original set up looked like)

Ive added some photos that may help with my somewhat inexpert description.

God can you please make this a How To?

I think that's some nice clear instructions. Thanks for taking the time to share.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Well done!!, thats looks better than the original , thanks for sharing that willy.

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May the fork be with you.

I'll do that when I do the activations tonight .

Thank's for putting the effort into it wild willy .

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does this remove the need for a tap in the engine bay?

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It depends on what kind of heater you have. This is for a clubby heater that has the tap connected to the actual unit in the car (so it is just a straight take off on the head because of the tap on the unit).

If you have a earlier heater I would assume that you would have to keep the tap on the head.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Should be able to do any type of heater with this set up.
There's no reason why you couldn't put one of these taps in-line with either heater hose somewhere before it gets to the heater. You could control it with the original heater cable no problems. The beauty of these taps is that they dont need to be fixed to anything. Remember that they are 5/8" not 1/2" and will need suitable hose adapters.

Don't think 1/2" in-line taps are made anymore. Seem to remember that Holden EHs had 1/2" in-line taps though.

Glad this little bit of info may help someone. I just wasn't going to pay around $150 for an original tap!!!!

I am now going on to fix my Alfa 105 heater tap with one of these. Been disconnecting the heater in Summer for years. Why didn't I do this before????

I can't believe that they cost that much. When I last had a heater pulled apart I just hooked it onto the end of the garden hose and blew all of the cr*p out of it, then worked the tap loose, hooked it up to the garden hose again etc. Eventually got it working really good. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for a new one!

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

Wild_willy , can you please post a blank or test message in the for sales section (no one can reply to it there and I can move it without upsetting anything else) so I can move it into the how to section so you remain the author for this how to ?

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Done

Thank's

EDIT , just converted it .

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