Beetle heater cables

helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 15 Jan 2003, 10:08 pm

#20851

I had to take the Beetle out for a drive and I was getting so hot, and I realised the heater flapper boxes were still wired up to the ON position from back in the colder months.
The wife hadn't complained amazingly, and was driving around like this in 30+ degree weather!

I don't have to do it now, but honestly how long will it take to fit new cables to the flapper boxes using a hoist?

Oh, and yes I have removed the wire.

It is a 1970 1300

[Edited on 15-1-2003 by Helbus]

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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 17 Jan 2003, 2:56 pm

#21097

It's a pretty easy job as I recall. Getting old ones out is really easy; you just snip off the cable ends at the rear with pliers, then pull them through and out at the handbrake.

Grease the new cables well and feel them into the tubes. Hook them to your levers, connect them at the rear and you're done. There should be little cone-shaped rubbers that fit over the cable tubes at the rear, which stops water getting in.

Couple of hours, tops. Actually since you've already removed the cables, probably half that. Assuming there are no blockages in the cable tubes...