Excellent advice from both of you! Maybe I'll tackle it Friday before going 
camping for the weekend.

James

On 5/23/05, Oxroad@aol.com <Oxroad@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>  On my bus the heater valve, which is accessed by removing the spare tire,
>  moved very stiffly because of age. I cleaned it with maybe brake clean 
> and worked it till the movement was free. Then I dried it and all. Then 
> greased it up to assure free movement.
>  In the meantime, becaus eit was stiff, the haeter valve control cable had 
> bent up at the dash board end. I was able to straight it and it's still in 
> use. I hit each end with a little grease--silicone grease would be a good 
> choice.
>  Good luck
> Jeff
> 83.5 westy
> LA,CA
>  In a message dated 5/23/2005 12:03:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> icebox500@GMAIL.COM writes:
> 
> My front heater is always on... I assume then that this is because the 
> cable 
> that controls the valve in the diagram is either broken, bent, or weak.
> 
>