Get one of these also.
http://www.amazon.com/Ignition-Products-990034-Cable-Luber/dp/B0051SEL7Y
When used with spray cable lube, this forms a seal around the end of the
cable housing, forcing lube through the entire housing.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2012 8:21 AM
Subject: Lube for heater control cable?

>I griped a couple weeks ago that after pulling the dash earlier this
> year and doing all kinds of work behind it, the new footwell cable
> kinked behind the lever panel.
>
> Scott asked whether I lubed the cable.
>
> No - no I did not and now this is what I get.
>
> Learning from my mistakes.
>
> I've ordered a new cable and will fish it through and hook it up.
>
> What kind of lube is recommended for this application?
>
> (Pity the inside part of the cable can't be fished through the housing
> of the old cable. It would be easier than replacing the whole thing. But
> them bends on the ends . . . .)
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.