Hi,
This HATEFUL job I have attempted twice -------and the ***** flap
still does not move freely. The fit on my 73 BGT is just far too tight
and the cable gets trapped and bent as I "slide" the heater box back
in.
Will try this tip next time I feel the need to get air up on the screen...
but may just use the cloth I keep under the seat for this purpose!
Thanks for the comments - at least I feel better now about the
process........... it aint just me ...
David
73 MGB GT
In message <01a901c0fd17$bf6c6100$44217418@oemcomputer>,
Mike Winney <mgb@cableone.net> writes
>Hi,
>I posted my solution to reinstalling the heater box awhile back and didn't
>receive any feedback so don't know if it was thought too nutty or not, but
>again here is how I did it.
>Problem/Solution-----Need to connect defroaster flap cable. Couldn't do it
>through side vent or any other way I could figure out with my meat hooks
>after heater box is installed. So connected cable to flap first and then
>tried to feed cable through opening in first bulkhead and then through
>smaller opening into cockpit while at the same time lowering unit into
>rectangle opening. The problem was that the opening was such a tight fit
>that I couldn't tilt and at the same time lower the unit into the opening in
>order to feed the cable through the holes provided. Each of the THREE times
>I succeeded in lowering it in place I had bent the cable so that it wouldn't
>move the flap, not even with pliers.
>What I ended up doing was noting exactly where the cable was binding as it
>was forced to bend before entering the opening in the first bulkhead(next to
>lowered heater box). This was easy as noted by the scratch marks on the top
>side of the opening. Then I took my angle grinder and made a one quarter
>inch wide vertical grove about one inch or so starting up from the hole at
>that point. That allowed the cable to enter the hole(slot) earlier while
>the box was still being lowered such that it didn't have to bend nearly 90
>degrees as before. Other cars may vary as to the size of the opening, but
>mine was barely large enough for the box to fit without the attached cable.
>Anyway, it worked and the gear assembly is now able to move the flap.
>While normally known as a perfectionist I can attest to this. If that
>cable ever binds I will NOT remove this diabolical thing again. In Arizona
>who needs it anyway?!
>Mike Winney
>68 MGB GT
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Dr David M McNaughton
Haddington East Lothian
Radio GM8 KOF
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