Date:         Fri, 6 Aug 2010 11:06:24 -0400
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From:         Don Hundt <dhundt@BENDBROADBAND.COM>
Subject:      Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
Comments: To: Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM>
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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
>
>