I took mine out and worked the bent-up end over with a pair of pliers
to make it good again. I thought I would break the wire in the process
but it was very tough and held up fine. The valve had gotten so
difficult to move that it would have bent the wire again and again in
use, so I had to replace that and I haven't had any troubles since.

Someone did post a while back that you couldn't get them new anymore,
don't know if that's the case but if it is it would pay to get a used
one or two.

Jim

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a source for these cables other than a junkyard? �Mine is so damaged that eve n when pushed in with pliers to "CLOSE" the valve, the cable has extra and is bent on the end terribly and won't fit in the bracket on teh lever.
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>
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>> Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 17:00:16 -0700
>> From: musomuso@GMAIL.COM
>> Subject: Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@gmail.com> wrote:
>> .....
>>
>>
>> > Also, removing the
>> > heater/fresh air control plastic plate so you can see into that part of
>> > the controls, or to make adjustments to the cables at that end, is also
>> > easy to do.
>>
>>
>> One mistake I made in fiddling with levers and control cables during
>> my engine swap, was to put the cable back in the wrong hole on one of
>> the levers. The angles were such that eventually the cable bent at
>> lever.
>>
>> I would suggest that it's not beyond the scope of the well meaning
>> owner to have done this and is worth checking.
>>
>>
>> Neil.
>>
>> --
>> Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco"
>>
>> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
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