I found this in the heater blower today. What is it?

[ncsurfer]

I was cleaning out the heater blower today and it had plenty of pine needles, leaves, dirt, etc., but I also found these two items in the blower as well.
Any idea of what they are and where they belong? Thanks.....

[awolff280sl]

the thingy on the right looks like the lever that turns the heater core valve

[Benz Dr.]

It is the lever.

[ncsurfer]

I guess it must have fallen down and into the blower. They must have replaced it because there is a lever on the valve now. It looks like it rusted away in the last 40 years..... Thanks guys........

[pdc]

Since you say it's rusted, can you move the valve ? I just redo mine and the heather works nice again.
all info is here http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Electrical/HeaterControlValve
the right piece seems authentically , the left looks like a bad copy to me.

[Jonny B]

The piece on the right is the heater core valve stop. It fits under the on/off arm that is connected to the heater valve control lever in the cabin. Take a look at the wiki and it explains this fairly well. My friend and I just redid this on his heater core.

[ncsurfer]

Thanks, I actually had a stop on the valve but didn't notice it until I pulled the valve out. I have sand blasted the stop and the arm on the valve and will put everything back together when the new o-ring arrives.... Then I will have heater core checked out and will be ready to re-install.....