Posted by Steve on October 27, 1998 at 23:23:51:
In Reply to: Screw posted by Craig Selvey on October 27, 1998 at 18:34:42:
: The location of the screw would be about 2 or 3 inches or so down the cable. There is a tab on the cable that the screw goes thru.
Ah, I see what you're talking about: the screw that attaches the cable guide to the heater control frame
(or whatever you want to call that assembly). That screw is nice and tight. At the end of the cable is a
coil, which slips over a metal tab on the back end of the temperature lever. Same setup on the Defrost/Floor
lever. I can't see what was ever supposed to keep those cables on the tabs -- they just slip over them. I
guess I'm amazed the Defrost/Floor cable hasn't come off too. I can slip the heater cable back over the tab,
but it comes off again when I slide the lever a few times. I need to put something on the end of the tab to
keep the cable from sliding off, like a tight little rubber band. No, that would dry out and crumble (Colorado
is a very dry climate. I'll think of something.
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: : Thanks for the great information! I gave up on taking the dash
: : out and just settled for the instrument cluster, which was easy.
: : Now the heater and wiper controls are more accessible, although I
: : certainly wouldn't say that it's easy to get to the wiper control.
: : BTW, the temp control lever on my 74 (no AC) has a little tab on
: : the end, and a coiled wire just slips over it. I can't see that there
: : was ever a screw or anything to really keep it there.
: : Steve