I always had trouble with the control cables in my '82 westy. Stiff action and getting kinks etc. I spent a fair bit of time trying to make things work better - making sure the ends were correctly secured, following bentley, lubricating, even adding helper springs at the ends - but never did get them to work as nicely as the ones in my '86. Those work perfectly well, some magic sauce must have been added. Cable re-desing or something. alistair
On 2012-11-09, at 2:01 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > So last spring I took the entire dash out and performed all kinds of > maintenance: fixed the leaky flapper vents, replaced the blower motor > and the heater core, installed new MBC, took the wiper gear apart and > re-greased it, and several other things. But the main reason I decided > to get in there is that the footwell flap cable had bound up then broke. > Stuck partway open. I replaced the cable it and checked its operation, > then re-assembled the whole mess. It all worked like a charm although > the footwell flap control seemed a little tough to move. > > Today I tried to open the footwell and it doesn't. The lever moves, the > stupid footwell flap stays closed. I can only get warm air out the > defogger vents. > > Grrrrr. > > -- > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > Bend, Ore. |
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