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| JawjaPorsche |
 Aug 28 2012, 10:12 AM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States  |
I was driving my teener this morning up here in the mountains with the top off. I pull my heater lever and my 40 year old cable broke.
I have searched and read the threads on this forum. I climbed under the car and it is definitely a broken cable. Reading the forums told me the cable is one piece and loops on the lever. My question is threading the new cable. Looking under the car it looks like there is a a cable tube. Does this go all the way to the lever from the firewall? Where do you start the threading: Firewall, Lever? As usual, any advice and help will be appreciated. I think I found the correct cable on Pelican Parts: http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/...76%29%2C%20Each My teener is a 73 so it looks like this will fit? |
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| JimN73 |
Aug 28 2012, 02:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 6-October 07 From: Gig Harbor Member No.: 8,192 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
On my car, the tubes are bent and the ends of the cables have straight rods on them (little over an inch). I used a vise and a hammer to bend the cable ends to get them thru the tube. My approach was trial and error, I "adjusted" the cable ends several times before they would fit.
I also found one side of the cable to be too long no matter how I installed it. This was a topic a couple of months ago. I measured the gap/overage and straightened and rebent the cable |
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| JawjaPorsche |
Aug 28 2012, 03:07 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,463 Joined: 23-July 11 From: Clayton, Georgia Member No.: 13,351 Region Association: South East States |
Yikes! I hope I don't have that problem. What year was your teener?
QUOTE(JimN73 @ Aug 28 2012, 04:58 PM)  On my car, the tubes are bent and the ends of the cables have straight rods on them (little over an inch). I used a vise and a hammer to bend the cable ends to get them thru the tube. My approach was trial and error, I "adjusted" the cable ends several times before they would fit. I also found one side of the cable to be too long no matter how I installed it. This was a topic a couple of months ago. I measured the gap/overage and straightened and rebent the cable |
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| JimN73 |
Aug 28 2012, 03:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 535 Joined: 6-October 07 From: Gig Harbor Member No.: 8,192 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(JawjaPorsche @ Aug 28 2012, 02:07 PM) Yikes! I hope I don't have that problem. What year was your teener? QUOTE(JimN73 @ Aug 28 2012, 04:58 PM) On my car, the tubes are bent and the ends of the cables have straight rods on them (little over an inch). I used a vise and a hammer to bend the cable ends to get them thru the tube. My approach was trial and error, I "adjusted" the cable ends several times before they would fit. I also found one side of the cable to be too long no matter how I installed it. This was a topic a couple of months ago. I measured the gap/overage and straightened and rebent the cable Mostly a '73. The firewall is aftermarket for reasons that I don't know. Perhaps the tubes were bent when it was installed. |
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JawjaPorsche Broken Heater Cable Aug 28 2012, 10:12 AM
SLITS There are two tubes, right and left and as I remem... Aug 28 2012, 10:44 AM
JawjaPorsche Thanks, Slits. I really appreciate your help. ... Aug 28 2012, 11:42 AM Eric_Shea :agree: with her.
Pretty easy actually. The driv... Aug 28 2012, 11:50 AM Eric_Shea Sounds like it. It should be one of the easier jo... Aug 28 2012, 04:25 PM JawjaPorsche Easy? Eric you have just given this job the kiss ... Aug 28 2012, 04:35 PM pete000 I did a search and found this thread. Not winter, ... Apr 27 2013, 02:17 PM pete000 Looks like the tube in the engine compartment was ... Apr 27 2013, 02:31 PM |
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