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• Re: heat for the Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 12:06:34 -0800
  ...Do they move? The levers and/or cables can seize up due to rust etc. The control box itself can rust out. The cable...
• Re: Looking for correct name or terminology f or a push-pull
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 07:22:12 -0800
  ...know the heater and vent cables? They are flexible sheathed rods that >>> can both push and pull. By contrast a sheathed cable like a...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:27:53 -0800
  ...Remove the small pad below the cold >> start cable knob. Remove the lower heater duct bezel from the dash. Then >> lift and twist that...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 14:55:05 -0600
  ...deadening the front nose panel, lube the cables, repair the air > hoses, may be replace the heater core... and you're all set... > > yes...
• Mystery wires, fried
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 12:30:25 -0500
  This weekend, replacing a heater cable, I had the glove box off and discovered a pair of completely fried wires, red and brown, that...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:00:33 -0400
  ...That cable clip is a real PITA. >> >> Funny, I bought a heater valve for my Ranger from them last year, and it blew after...
• Re: Question on Surepower 1315 Install
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 03:29:15 -0500
  ...a piece of heater hose maybe 2" long and slit it down one side with a knife. Then, with the cable bolted onto the...
• Re: Frozen accelarator cable?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:49:51 -0600
  ...and you can't pull the cable back at the engine. Right now > > I've got a heater in the van and a light...
• Re: Heater Fan Quit 83.5 westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 06:34:11 EST
  ...Test all the heater cable controls before reinstalling to make sure they open and close the flaps in the heater assembly properly. The cable...
• Re: Vanagon leaks heat...
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:37:42 -0800
  ...It should be a matter of adjusting the heater cable at the heater valve. Hope this helps GerryR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Blackburn" <blackb...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Sat, 25 May 2024 09:10:17 -0700
  ...Consider for the rear heater. Turn off the flow to the rear heater until the return from the front is warm? Oh the options...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:13:07 -0800
  ...speed resistor and the heater core. Add time for "help" ;-) rusty blower housing screws, coolant valve and control cable work, rewiring PO hacks, broken...
• Re: heater/defroster blower motor
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 12:12:52 -0500
  ...pumbing, wiring, wiper stuff, freon, pedel assemble, steering, duct work, cable to run stuff. I once took on a heater core in a 78...
• Re: Heater control bulbs - how many?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:44:17 -0400
  ...is when you have dash apart to replace cables or to perform a front heater core service." Question... what is required to replace this...
• Re: Dash Frustration -- A Friday Vent
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:32:22 -0800
  ...My defroster control cable is about to 'dump' again soon, too. I have some really long needle nose pliers that I can sometimes fish...
• Re: heater always on
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:14:53 -0400
  ...http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/front_heater_valve.htm You will see the location of the valve and cable. Too loose less coolant you...
• Cooling System Capacity and Front Heater Valve Assembly and Cable
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 07 Oct 1995 17:14:37 -0500
  ...Regarding the clip I purchased to reattach my heater control cable to the valve... I can't have possibly been given the right part...
• COLD fresh air leaking
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 12:04:34 -0500
  ...I traced the cable, concluding that something inside the heater box is blocking the closure of this vent. Anybody have any idea as to...
• Re: Cromulent, imbiggens, D'oh
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:54:13 -0800
  ...I'll label the cables. > > ::: > > :::"heat" = cold > > ::: > > :::"defrost" = cold > > ::: > > :::etc. > > ::: > > :::;^) --- heh heh. > > ::: > > :::I removed the stock heater/gas heater a while back, but I...
• Front Heater Maximus
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 23:28:26 -0500
  ...The heat selector lever is all the way to the minium-- And so is the fresh air lever--- Is there a cable adjustment issue...
• Re: getting to heater cables and controls
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 08:51:56 -0700
  ...I've got an 86 Syncro and need to get into the front heater control valves. The hot control doesn't shut off completely...
• Re: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:15:36 -0700
  ...Well, they're easier in the sense that they're not controlled remotely by a cable, but by you grabbing a metal handle and...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:56:00 -0700
  ...Control > flaps and cables were rusty. I have a 12V heater up > front. I stuffed newspaper in fresh air intake and > duct tapped little...
• Re: Cold start cable: how to add to non-diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 18:01:15 -0600
  ...if in the northern latitudes be sure to install a block heater while the engine is out. The hole is 1-1/4 inch...
• Re: heater valve
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:16 -0600
  ...It may be that it's > simply > not closing all the way and the cable that operates it needs > adjustment. As > for the metal...
• Re: Need a bit more help...
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:56:24 +0000
  ...with the accelerator cable. The cruise control box sits in behind the dashboard, somewhere near the centre under the heater unit (I think). The...
• Re: replacing Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Jan 2017 14:02:28 -0600
  Jim Felder and I opened the heater housing to get at the faulty motor in my van. When he put it back together, the...
• Phred's Shiverin' These Cold Mornings...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 10:07:32 -0400
  List Volks, While lots has been posted over the years about the rear heater I've never paid attention - shame on me. The rear...
• Re: diesel westy Brrrrrrr
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 17:34:29 -0500
  ...isnt the heater valve inside just to the left of the > glove box? it moves all the way with the cable moving. Hmm...actually...
• Re: Gottabus! Revisited...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 07:42:43 EST
  ...Now for a thought on your heater cables. I would also suggest getting new cables. They are about $10 each, but can be a...
• Re: vent question
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 13:12:29 CDT
  ...probably the loose cable clamp or broken cable sheath ... take off the instrument pod and take the ash tray out and look down around...
• vennelayshun
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 May 94 11:48:41 PDT
  ...adjust the heater control cables as per instructions in the bently manual. access gained by removing instrument cluster. be careful when tryig to remove...
• Re: Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 09:42:41 -0700
  ...Replacing the stock heater valve is not that big of a deal. I have replaced dozens of them without later needing to constantly or...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:11:53 -0300
  ...When I replaced my accelerator cable, I put liquid graphite down the WHOLE cable assembly sleeve and on the cable prior to inserting in...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:42:49 -0400
  ...and all the way closed > to > >> > cool it, without bending your heater cable into pieces, I think the > >> GoWesty > >> > product is your only alternative...
• Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Dec 1995 12:39:55 -0800 (PST)
  ...a gas heater! Its an Ebersparcher BA-4. I also got a bag with various clamps and stuff, a pull cable dohickey to asjusting...
• FS: 1985GL Wekender and 1985GL
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Sun, 12 May 2002 14:14:15 -0400
  ...heater installed body is rusty has a table in it rear heater leaks front heater works great has an exhaust leak the accellerator cable...
• Re: Emergency engine cooling, related story
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:24:18 -0400
  ...know that the cable can come loose from the control and that you should check that out if the heater isn't giving heat...
• Re: How do you get to the passenger side wiper shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 17 May 2009 13:03:31 -0700
  ...lube heater cables, replace the wobbly accessory power outlet (cigar lighter) install headlight relays, etc, etc, etc.) To remove, remove instrument cluster, heater control...
• Re: Dash blower fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:06:17 +0000
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I thought the heater resistor had to be mounted within the blower's > airflow for proper cooling, anything...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:38 -0500
  ...Raimund BTW, the SA heater knobs are Audi 80/90 from �86-�94. Only the cable guide behind them is special SA. ....Andrew, got...
• Re: Query about knob on '60
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 1996 17:08:45 -0400
  ...That is, only if the cable is not broken, they are hooked up to the heater boxes, and all the tubes are in place...
• Re: hot foot syndrome
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:44:26 -0400
  ...slip outa place all the time, or moving the worn out heater cable. Check it out down below in the "Van Stuff" web page...
• Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 11:09:13 -0400
  ...It's quite possible you can still get replacement cables, or get it off a junker in the salvage yard. The speedo cable screeching...
• Re: '87 Syncro GL $1200
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 21:15:34 EST
  ...Parking brake cable, right side, needs to be replaced 6. Air conditioner doesn't work 7. Front heater fan works only on high 8...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 05:07:16 -0400
  Well, that isn�t exactly true. I have a few left here in stock. <http://www.frankcondelli.com/staging1/store/index.php?route=product...
• Re: Aircooled heater cables
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:08:25 -0800
  Apologies? Meh. None needed. :) Check out thesamba.com image gallery. http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album.php You might find images of what...
• Cooling Fan Resistor?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 07:31:55 -0700
  ...heater/fan assembly and all the associated wiring, behind the left headlight was a huge power resistor which was attached to the cables that...
• Re: Any repair recommendations while dashboard is removed?
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Thu, 29 Jun 2017 16:40:20 -0500
  ...You might take the heater assembly out and clean the heater core.  See if heater and vent controls need adjusting or cables replaced See...
• Re: Hot Foot...repair cable..what's involved?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 10:37:50 -0400
  I was able to adjust the top end of the cable from the dash end. Loosen the clamp and move the housing and retighten...
• (f) Re: varmit update
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Oct 1996 14:03:29 -0700
  ...careful fabrication, I connected the heater boxes to my rather different-sized heater channels, got all the cables run, overhauled the little knob-screw...
• Re: Need Stuff!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:36:23 -0400
  ...First off, my apologies to all who were trying to tell me that the heater box's footwell air control cable cannot be replaced...
• Winter camping HEAT
  Historical mailing list - J. C.
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:43:15 -0800
  Happy New Year all-- I recently connected a wall thermostat to the gasoline heater on my '84 Westy. So far the results are excellent...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 09:22:54 -0400
  ...and all the way > closed > > to > > >> > cool it, without bending your heater cable into pieces, I think the > > >> GoWesty > > >> > product is your only alternative...
• Re: "Driveability" and more on heater cable snap
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Callahan
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:52:29 +0000
  ...I have managed to vise-grip the heater wire into near oblivion, as it came out about 3 inches and does not move in...
• Re: 83.5 underheating
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 20:51:42 -0400
  ...Is your system thoroughly bled? Also, is the heater valve actually opening? I just went through putting a new heater cable in this weekend...
• Re: Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 20:38:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The heater control valve is probably stuck open, even though the lever is moved to the "off" position. The control cable can get bent...
• Parts Request
  Historical mailing list - Jason Gorfine
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 22:28:27 -0400
  hello list, any folks out there with a left side heater control box to sell? i just removed both of mine as part of...
• Final Day West to East
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 23:32:24 EDT
  ...No real problems other than the sticky throttle (a quick inspection didn't reveal any physical obstructions on the cable...) Tomorrow it is time...
• Re: Bun Warmer ---> Was Re: Seat heaters
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 8 Feb 2009 18:18:20 -0500
  ...The biggest problem was running the cable from the dash back to the seat in a nice neat fashion. The cable is just barely...