I guess I missed this the first time. I think that's a great suggestion, and
should reduce the frustration factor enormously.
Max
on 6/24/01 6:39 PM, Mike Winney at mgb@cableone.net wrote:
> 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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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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