| > I disconnected the cables from the heater levers in the dashboard, and | > from the barrel clamps near at the heat boxes. They should just pull | > out, right? Well, they don't. I've really tugged and tugged (from the | > driver's end) and they really just won't budge. | >
| > What should I do? | >
| > TIA! | | Well, I got the left cable out (after an epic battle). I still can't | get the right cable out -- the cable broke at the head (at the | dashboard) and is really stuck in there -- tugging on it just breaks | the cable more. I took a look under the chassis and didn't see any | obvious damage to the guide tube.... | | I'm going to try to get some WD-40 in there with an air hose, but if | that doesn't work I guess I'll just run the new heater cable along the | old guide tube and clip it to the outside of the guide tube with cable | ties? | | Anyone have a better idea, short of cutting the guide tube and finding | out what is sticking the cable? I suspect the PO might have had | similar trouble, because they just wired the heat open with bailing | wire (!) and didn't bother to replace the heater cables.
I've use air tool oil as a substitute for penetrating oil. Takes a while but I've had almost 100% success