You could probably manufacture your own. I have seen universal choke cable kits at auto parts stores, you could just pull out the inner wire, run it through your housing and custom-bend your own ends. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010 9:40 am Subject: Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve > 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. > > > > > 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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