Okay, I bought a new heater cable for my 72' SB and I can't get it to go through. I tried putting a metal coat hanger in on the heater box ends of the tubs to possibly clean out the tubs but no lock. Does any one have any tips?
Thanks, Ben
Opps Sorry I meant to type tubes!!! My tubes are tied! Clugged up or something. :)
...Tim has a big shiny tip...
;-)
..Gareth
...as a serious reply.. If the tube is indeed plugged you might try th ol roto tooter method as used on intake manifold heat risers. Chuck a length of cable (clutch or ebrake cables make good recipients if ya have an old one laying around) in a variable speed drill....start with a short length of cable as possible (a few inches extended outside after obstruction is met) for rigidity. as you break through obstructions use increasingly lengthy pieces of cable to drill your way clear. I haven't used this method for this particular job...but see know reason it wouldn't work admirabley. Patience and care are a must...
..Gareth
I have had issues similarly, and figured out that the end pieces they Swedged onto the cables is too long, making it impossible to follow the curves of the tubing, without binding up. I just ground a bit off the coble lug at the end till I got clearance,................took quite a bit off before they did slide through. It's worth a try .
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Take a length of old single-strand (piano wire) cable and flatten the end like this so it cuts a little wider swath:
http://63.230.74.177/baja/MVC-054F.JPG http://63.230.74.177/baja/MVC-055F.JPG Once you can get this item through, get some multi-strand cable (see http://63.230.74.177/baja/page6.html for some ideas) andapply some solder to the end to be fed into the tube. The soldershould help keep the strands from getting snagged. Turn the cablea bit as you feed in in. Max
....................This shiny tip envy is what made Travis throw up his hands in humiliation and get a jeep. Don't let it happen to you Gary.
LOL!
...no envy here. =-) He asked about tips...and yours being the most recently posted...it was natural to refer him to you. =-)
...Gareth
...................So this rumor about you getting a jeep?
Thanks for all who posted. Now if I only had a drill and some piano wire I'd be in good shape.
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