Re: How to lubricate heater control cables?
Posted by humanpotatohybrid On 2022/10/27 16:46:49
Through a significant degree of frustrating trial and error due to the awkward location of the heater lever, I got the new cable attached. Seems the best (read: only feasible) method is to attach the bowden wire to the lever end, then the cable to that assembly, then connect it to the flap and adjust it on that side. Seems to work great, though.
After removing the old flap it was obvious why I was getting a nice breeze thru the floor vent even with the heat on!
I pried up around all the edge slightly to help free up all the old rubber, then put in a new cutout made of some vinyl I had, then pressed the edge back down with pliers around. Curiously, it's not the shape of an ellipse fitting in a 5 inch pipe at 45° (5" by 7.1"), it's actually 8 inches long (matching the original), though when installed it seems it could probably be trimmed down a bit... hard to say.
I removed the driver side one too but decided to just leave it as is. Originality and whatnot
After removing the old flap it was obvious why I was getting a nice breeze thru the floor vent even with the heat on!
I pried up around all the edge slightly to help free up all the old rubber, then put in a new cutout made of some vinyl I had, then pressed the edge back down with pliers around. Curiously, it's not the shape of an ellipse fitting in a 5 inch pipe at 45° (5" by 7.1"), it's actually 8 inches long (matching the original), though when installed it seems it could probably be trimmed down a bit... hard to say.
I removed the driver side one too but decided to just leave it as is. Originality and whatnot
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