Usually, the best supply of control cables can be found at Marine supply
stores. Living here in Seattle, we have several large scale marine supply
companies. I when I was fabricating the throttle system for my old 65 Imp
(using four 23mm carbs from a Honda 550-4), I had to build a whole new cable
system. The marine supply stores had bulk cable and bulk cable casings which I
used to build the system. This is what I would reccomend.
Rich
PS: Of course, use whatever works !!
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Laifman <laifman@flash.net>
To: Jeff Howarth <jeff@v8tiger.demon.co.uk>
Cc: James Pickard <geowiz@worldnet.att.net>; Tigers Mailing List
<tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 1998 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: Heater valve control, etc.
>Tigers,
>
>There was a notice that Rick, at Sunbeam Specialties, had a limited number of
>MkI new heater valves.
>
>I found my control wire broken at the control arm "pig tail". Bought some
stiff
>stainless wire, made a pig tail, and fed it thru the original cable. The
>hardest part was finding a source for the stainess wire. The largest piano
wire
>is too small, and the Home Depot only had galvenized.
>
>Finally found a reallly nice roll for $10 and OSH (Orchard Hardware and
>Supply). I believe they are national, and have a very good selection of alll
>knids of structural wire. A little higher cost, overall, than HD, but they
have
>better selections and higher quality stuff.
>
>It is easier to feed the wire through (from under dash to engine bay, by
>unclamping the inside cable sheath before feeding the new wire through. Make
it
>as straight a shot as you can, and grease the wire. I cut the final length
>after connection to the valve and excersizing it a bit to assure free movement
>of cable. If valve is jammed, or stiff, it may need cleaning. Mine comes
apart
>with a twist and was blocked with gunk, but the seals were good. Finally got
>the heater working, just as the weather turned 90 F.
>
>Steve
>--
>Steve Laifman < One first kiss, >
>B9472289 < one first love, and >
> < one first win, is all >
> < you get in this life. >
>
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