The answer for 82 water-cooled owners may be to switch out the heater
box with control cable/panel assembly as a unit. The later one has much
better cable action and also seems to put out more heat. When I remove
one from a later donor I leave the cables connected to the levers and
box as the adjustments will remain the same this way. The cable to the
valve has to be undone at the valve end. You can keep the 82 heater
valve and hose arrangement as these work fine with the later box.

I also remove the huge plastic duct that goes down between the front
seats to the rear. This removes cleanly and only exposes like new
carpeting. Use the later lower triangular duct piece from the donor.

Mark

Alistair Bell wrote:
>
> For me, the SA rotary heater controls would be a great improvement over the
> "kinky" wires on my '82.
>
> Alistair