Agreed, there are easier jobs on an MGB, but I have a tip that has provided
considerable savings of curse words:
Remove the old cable completely from the car including the control and knob
from the dash. Then when installing the new one, attach the heater end
first, perhaps lifting the heater box slightly from the car so the end can
be attached to the bottom flap. Then feed the control end of the cable back
through and install the control end into the dash. This makes it far easier
than wrestling with the stiff and unwieldy end and trying to make it go into
the heater flap.
Cheers,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Chad Cooper
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:15 PM
To: Steve Piepenbrink
Cc: MG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Heater Cable
Yes the cable is a total b!tch, and yes the standard radio will fit.
Steve Piepenbrink wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was digging around in my center console today because the heater knob on
my
> 79 MGB, the one that directs the air to the windshield or floor, was not
> working properly.
>
> Is that cable hard to replace? The cable is shot and I think that is why
the
> knob is binding. I don't see any instructions anywhere on replacing it,
only
> a picture in the Moss catalog. I know there is something with the heater
that
> everyone says is a nightmare and I don't want to go there.
>
> BTW, can a standard sized radio fit in the radio area. The old Panasonic
that
> came with the car has seen better days.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve
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