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• Re: Heater core valve in front
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:06:17 -0700
  These heater valves often develop a small amount of leakage past the shutoff. I have replaced many for this. New ones don't cost...
• Re: That Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:51:06 -0700
  ...The cable parallels the throttle cable into the engine compartment. It was previously mounted to the firewall/bulkhead, but have since drilled another hole...
• Re: Defrost Windshield
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:24:58 -0400
  ...If its' not a problem with the cable at the heater controls, it's likely at the other end of the cable where the...
• Local clip replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 2 Jan 2021 11:25:11 -0800
  I'm pulling the heater box, in disconnecting the clips that hold the cables to the box two of them went flying... I can...
• Re: Heater hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Marty Kulmus
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:24:06 -0700
  ...Do yourself a favor and get a hose clamp compressor that has a flexible cable going the clamp compressor. It makes the job a...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:53:39 -0500
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>>> means readjust them...
• Re: Front Heater Motor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 13:07:48 -0600
  Your heater message prompts me to send out my own query to the membership. The heater/vent controls on my 85 Westy are totally...
• Re: Front heater motor
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 28 Feb 2017 20:45:04 +0000
  ...deadening the front nose panel, lube the cables, repair the air > hoses, may be replace the heater core... and you're all set... > > yes...
• Heater removal
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 11:41:55 -0600 (CST)
  I'm home removing my heater today. This is a big job (at least for me) It means removing the dash and all of...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 12:07:21 -0500
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>>>> means readjust them...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 01:41:45 +0000
  ...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: Heater core valve in front
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:38:58 -0700
  ...Like said above, adjusting the cable is a bear.I think this >adjustment is near the radio. The heater vent flaps are removable. Look...
• Re: Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 11:59:33 -0700
  I too have my dash out to replace the blower motor and while I'm in there I'm replacing the heater core, brake...
• Re: Vanagon Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 22:41:35 -0500
  ...than this > >Thanks, Weston 81Westy "Too cool.." Weston, is the cables to the heater boxes working properly? If their not opening the airflow will...
• speedometer noise and other ramblings
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 23:30:24 -0500
  ...This lever is connected to a cable which apparently splits into two cables, and each one leads to a heater flapper box. The cable...
• Multimeter help UPDATE-77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:52:15 -0700
  ...backup, gas heater, and 2 other 30 amp fuses on my Westy. Light still stayed on. I took off the positive cable and removed...
• Re: Aux. Heater Problems
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 10:20:08 -0700
  ...heater? No cable is commected to this valve, it is done by hand. > I smell anti freeze if i flip > open the valve...or...
• Re: install heater core in AC housing.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 23:09:46 -0800
  ...heater hoses. (early & > late) so when you get those you will need all of the parts. > > > > > > I had some difficulty in the cables. just...
• Endless Heat
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:23:56 -0400
  ...After screwing around with the temp control lever and the connection to the heater control cable, I'm beginning to suspect that it might...
• Re: Heater Cable from Bus Depot?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:26:52 -0400
  I have a cable on the way after the last one broke trying to move the less than adequate replacement valve that never fully...
• Re: Sticky vent controls?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 20 Aug 2021 10:09:00 -0700
  ...Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> If you take the heater box out you must take the cables loose and that >>>>> means readjust them...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 20:55:11 -0500
  ...You have to > undo the little clamp on the heater valve control cable by removing the > instrument cluster and the slider plate if I...
• Re: Heater not stopping problem #
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:21:13 -0700
  ...Heater not stopping problem # Hello Volks, My front heater doesn't stop heating even with the valve closed. I suspected it's the cable...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 08:55:26 -0700
  ...I thought about removing the large rubber plug in the hump that the hoses and cable go through, but It was so hardened I...
• cold and heat
  Historical mailing list - .
  Thu, 06 Jun 1996 10:49:28
  ...Any advise from my experts? Also, I replaced the heater to flap cable and it is still seeping heat, again any suggestions. tia Sherwin...
• Wildibeast porrige dumplings
  Historical mailing list - James T.
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 23:56:36 +0000
  ...Also installed new heater cable as heater was stuck in full on position. Good in winter, but when it got stuck on full heat...
• air cooled without heat
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 09:43:01 -0500
  ...I have gale force heat coming up out of the heater pipe (I unhooked it right where it goes into the heater control area...
• Re: Modifying the heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:07:43 -0800
  Had the same problem(front heater), Since i didn't like design(50% of flow blocked due to crappy design) i found much better...
• Re: Heater controls, 84.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:35:24 -0500
  Cable is bent! Got to pull the panel and straighten the cable. Stan Wilder On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:24:20 -0700 "T...
• Re: Heater not stopping problem #
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:11:57 -0400
  ...Heater not stopping problem # > > > Hello Volks, > > My front heater doesn't stop heating even with the valve closed. I suspected > it's the cable...
• Re: Dash coming out. Any prev. maint tips?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:15:43 -0500
  ...I'll label the cables. ::: :::"heat" = cold ::: :::"defrost" = cold ::: :::etc. ::: :::;^) --- heh heh. ::: :::I removed the stock heater/gas heater a while back, but I...
• Re: Front Heater
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:10:51 -0400
  ...the article section) on how the heater controls work. It may be that you have a broken cable on one or more of the...
• A tale from the underworld
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 00:03:39 EDT
  ...Put cable in valve. Close spring with plyers. Snip. Get cable end with plyers. Put cable end into hole on valve lever. Congratulations you...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:37:14 -0700
  Is there any reason one couldn't relocate the stock valve to an accessible under-dash location and shorten the operating cable? Brendan I...
• Has heat, but it smells
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 95 16:36 CDT
  ...All the cables can be traced without too much trouble after you remove the plastic heater core cover, fuse box bracket and glove compartment...
• Re: What does heater lever do?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:16:37 +0200
  ...Check the cable if it itself or its plastic shielding are broken. I found two shielding broken in my van because of a small...
• Overnight Battery Drain
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 10:48:43 -0800
  ...When I got the van back, the heater lever was jammed to the left. I had had problems with the heater cable (jammed/bent...
• Re: Maintenance Intervals
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 14:24:00 -0500
  ...On Opie I've lubed (oil or grease) hinges, window mechanisms, locks, latches, CVs, clutch cable, accel cable, heater cables, shifter, suspension, and others...
• Re: Heat won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:51:11 -0400
  ...cable on properly so that it really closes. On Jun 4, 2006, at 4:18 PM, Mark Pry wrote: > My mechanic replaced the heater...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 24 May 2024 06:24:11 -0500
  ...Drop the glovebox and remove the two heater hose connections from the heater core. Pinch off the hoses with harbor freight hose clamps so...
• A Vanagon to sell you..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 00:23:05 EST
  ...everything works, clean interior, heaters work (rear seat heater also).AFM capacitor fix harness, improved heavy gauge engine grounding cables. H-4 e-code...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:35:10 +0100
  ...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: interesting vanagon for sale in victoria
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:54:11 -0800
  ...If you look at a Mk3/A3 Golf/Jetta, you will find they have very similar Bowden cable controls with rotary dials. You may...
• Re: Floor Duct
  Historical mailing list - Neil Crawford
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:50:05 -0700
  ...Remove the small pad below the cold > start cable knob. Remove the lower heater duct bezel from the dash. Then > lift and twist that...
• Instrument Cluster Won't Illuminate
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hooper
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 18:01:33 -0500
  ...It worked fine until fellow listee's Hooper and Puzerenski took the cluster off to replace my heater cables on Saturday. Thanks Mark Hooper...
• Re: Kelly Park VW show, valuable documents and sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 12:15:27 -0400
  ...cover the heater tube etc. whereas the splits had a pan that bolted underneath the front pedals etc. to keep the cables free of...
• Tips on sealing heater box flaps, and while the dash is out . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 7 Apr 2011 14:52:12 -0700
  ...cable that operates the flaps the send air to the driver and passenger feetsies. While the dash is open, gonna open the heater box...
• Re: 1982 Diesel Vanagon: Heater Core / Fan
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:07:42 -0500
  ...Jim On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 4:19 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > The Vanagon front heater core and dash fan...
• Re: Front heater valves, another junk part
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:59:03 -0500
  ...The idea is to loosen the hoses and the cable wire so you can withdraw it from the hole and work on it on...
• Re: a lot of hot air...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:07:24 -0400
  ...you heater core has gone bad, or the cable has snapped. Does the heat slider slide *way* too easily? If so, the cable is...
• Re: Aircooled heater cables
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:18:35 -0800
  Thanks, Peter. Is it just me, or are the pictures on Atwell's site not working? Mark On Dec 27, 2010, at 7:07...
• Re: Climate Control Cable Meltdown - '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 15:23:49 -0400
  ...I took the heater box apart and am >replacing the foam on the air diversion flaps. I too will clean up the grounds and...
• Re: Vanagon-era technology..love it,
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:47:14 -0800
  ...cable had kinked due to a ham-fisted install on my stereo and it finally broke completely right near the lever at the heater...
• Whew - it's hot in here....
  Historical mailing list - schur xxxxxxxxxxx
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 18:39:25 -0400
  ...I took the heater control panel off and the cable is connected to the lever and moving. I feel the normal amount of resistance...
• Re: '85 vanagon passenger compartment fan...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:21:42 -0700
  ...The cable for the heater valve will need to be undone at > the > valve end but the other cables can be left attached. > > Mark...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 20:09:37 -0700
  ...seriously doubt that anyone is going to be searching for "trip out west" when looking for heater cable problem solutions. Just a thought. Jim
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Veerman, Keith
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 10:02:23 -0600
  ...grey valve ...same reason you'd want to adjust the front heater core: sometimes you want a little heat, sometimes you want more. I...
• Re: rear heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:28:06 -0400
  ...a long choke-cable >type thing, like you have on your garden tractor or whatever, to operate >the >rear heater valve from somewhere near...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 11:27:56 -0800
  ...cables ? 10mm nut right there in plan site . square in the middle of the underside of the van. ( if you have a diesel heater...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:38:07 -0700
  ...oh yes...it is Totally Normal to have to work over the heater control cables. it's apparently illegal for anyone to service, lube...