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 > |
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