According to the manual, the trick is to attach the cable to the door
first, then feed it down into the dash as you install the heater box
back into the car. After the heater box is reinstalled you hook the
cable up to the control unit.
Cheers,
CR
Hans Duinhoven wrote:
>
> Sounds familiar as well.
> I had to take the whole unit out of the car for the respray.
> I used a hacksaw to get the unit loose from the firewall.
> The round foam stuff had acted due to the Calif. sun as superglue!
>
> Rebuild was allright till I came to attaching the cable to the heater unit
> "door".
> I wonder what kind of midgets the MG factory had to do this work!
> I have little fingers, but eventhough it was a terrible job.
>
> I was not lazy in this - its working fine!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hans
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
> To: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
> Cc: "mglist" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:10 PM
> Subject: Lazy Me....
>
> >
> > Ya wanna hear another, "most reprehensible" workaround?
> >
> > The first time I wanted to use the heater on my '69 B. I couldn't
> > get any airflow thru the heater. So after cleaning all the debris out
> > of the inlet & the box, I discovered the problem to be that the tab
> > attached to the door that's controlled by the airflow knob on the dash
> > was broken loose from the door. It overlaps the door and the cable is
> > rigid enough to push the door shut but it won't pull it back open. I
> > got it all the way open with a long screwdriver but that leaves no flow
> > to the defroster ducts. After looking at the amount of work involved in
> > removing the heater just to get at the door, I took the lazy way out. I
> > set the control between "screen" and "floor" and positioned the little
> > door against the tab. So now I get airflow to both feet and face, which
> > is actually the best way to go anyway. That way, you get heated air to
> > both feet and face. Drafty as the car is, top up or down, it's good to
> > have warm air over the face on a cold day.
> >
> > Lazy me, ;^)
> >
> > CR
> > Hans Duinhoven wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks Charly,
> > >
> > > Seems to be just another variant - workaround for the design pitfall.
> > > Once you get to live with these and keep thinking it's a 60's design, I
> do
> > > not complain,
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Hans
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