This door was one of the nastiest jobs I had to do.
As my BGT was being restored fully I had to remove the heater unit anyway.
Over 20 years in California made the foam ring between the heater unit and
the firewall turned into the best sticky stuff I had seen.
The book told me the heater unit cold be lifted off the car after removing
the screws at the bottom edge and of course loosening the tubes and the door
control cable.
I had to use a saw to get the heater unit moving.
Refitting the control cable through the little hole on the passenger side
was one of the most terrifying jobs I did. I assume to guys at Abingson used
midgets for this impossible job or a special tool perhaps.
Cheers,
Hans
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Howard [mailto:mgbob@juno.com]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:44 PM
To: orangemgb@juno.com
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Defroster control
Steve,
Removal of the heater box is necessary if you have a broken door.
You are sure that the cable is working and clamped to the door? Removal
of the heater is harder than it would seem from the workshop manual's
instructions, so you sure don't want to do it unnecessarily.
If the GT is a daily driver and you need it every day, I would continue
with the screwdriver method until warm weather. At that time you can
re-route the heater hose, bypassing the heater core, in case the job
becomes longer than anticipated.
Bob
On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:45:41 -0500 Steve Krane <orangemgb@juno.com>
writes:
> Hello List:
> The door to which the end of the defroster cable connects has broken
> on
> my GT. It can be viewed through the heat vent in the passenger
> footwell.
> The only way for me to change the direction of the air flow (heat
> or
> defrost) is to stick a long screwdriver into the mechanism and move
> the
> door manually.
>
> Is there a way to get to this area to fix it or am I doomed to using
> the
> "manual" method.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Steve Krane
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