On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Alistair Bell<albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > i recently got an '85 syncro and the sliders on that van work smoothly and > quite nicely. I never could get my 82's sliders to work 1/2 as well. They > must have changed the cable construction or something. > I agree about the look of the sliders vs rotary, but if the SA vanagon > rotary dials do indeed move cables then you still have the cable system > weakness. > Alistair
Yes, the cables will always be a weakness. I've had cars with rods; these worked well. If the cables are separate push-pull they are likely to work better, but with twice the complexity... haven't looked inside a T3 dash. I assume that they will be solid-core (ie wire) push-pull items. If there's a kink they could bind in their sheaths, and no amount of lubrication would help. If not kinked, then CRC Tac-2 motorcycle chainlube (at least that's what it was marketed as when it first came out) is great... grease in a solvent; spray it in and the solvent carries the grease right in and then evaporates, leaving the grease where you couldn't normally get it without soaking the whole cable in melted grease.
-- Regards Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand Fossil preparator Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.