There are 2 cables from dash to rear that control the heat flaps in
the heater boxes at engine. They terminated at the dash lever as one
cable if that makes sense.

Cables can kink where they enter the sheath. If the PO did some custom
cable work, they might have put the "L" of cable end in the wrong hole
of a given lever (don't ask how I know!) This would result in a poor
angle causing cable to bend and kink over time. Or, the cable sheath
has come loose from the retaining clip.

You also may be seeing poor or no flap control because the foam on the
flaps has gone south. Lots in the archives about heater box (behind
dash) rebuild.

Neil.

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Mark Hineline
<hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
> My '82 Westy started out life as a diesel and was converted to AC at
> some point. There's a sticker on the driver's door sill attesting to
> the conversion.
>
> All of the pieces for the heating system on in an aircooled bus are in
> place, but the cables in the heater controls don't seem to move the
> flaps. Also, there's a bus-length (roughly) of coiled cable resting in
> the spare tire, with one end going through the body to the dash. The
> heater controls don't move it, either.
>
> So here's my question. Is there any other cable from the dash that's
> bus-length (or van-length)? It is cable for sure, not electrical wire.
>
> Mark
> '82 Westy
>

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