You will probably find the outer casing of the cable is broken as I did
on mine. My solution was a double clamp to hold the two parts together
after lubricating the cable with graphite. Now it works fine.

Victor...
'80 Vanagon

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 13:48:37 -0000 "Woodcock, Frank"
<f.woodcock@UNISON.CO.UK> writes:
>My 1981 VW Transporter (2 Litre Air-cooled) has a problem with the
>heater controls.
>
>When heater control is moved to the left to turn off the heat, it
>works
>fine. This indicates that there is no problem with the twin cables to
>the heat exchanger pods which, when doing this, are being pushed
>closed.
>
>
>However it takes a lot of force to move the control slider to the
>right
>and pull the cables to open the heat exchanger pods and turn on the
>heat
>. This is the opposite to what I would expect (pull easy - push hard).
>
>The heat output is also very low compared to other WV's, despite
>having
>new heat exchangers fitted last summer.
>
>Can anyone please suggest where the problem lies?
>
>TIA
>
>Frank Woodcock
>