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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:51 am    Post subject: heater lever controls Reply with quote

on my 67 bug my heater control levers do not stay in the up position. i have done alot of different work to bugs in the past, but never needed to check out the heater controls. im looking for ideas on what to look at and what kind of replacement parts i should be looking for.

the cables are fine, not broken and work to open the heat flaps on the heater boxes, but the levers do not stay up when i pull them to turn the heat on.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You're in luck, as that's an easy fix - you need to tighten the nuts that hold the heater levers to the e-brake bracket. There are "friction disks" in between the lever and the mounting bracket it bolts to, and the tighter you make that nut, the more friction for the discs - and the harder it is to move that lever.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sweet, glad its and easy one. Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The original "friction disks" Andy referred to are nylon washers. Over the years they disintigrate. You will need to remove the nut and insert two thin washers on either side of the heater lever(s). Then reassemble and snug the nut until there is just enough resistence that the lever stays up.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

67 Florida Deluxe wrote:
The original "friction disks" Andy referred to are nylon washers. Over the years they disintigrate. You will need to remove the nut and insert two thin washers on either side of the heater lever(s). Then reassemble and snug the nut until there is just enough resistence that the lever stays up.


thanks, if my nylon washers are toast i'll try your suggestion.

it gets annoying drving with one hand on the wheel, one on the heater levers and one to shift with...only got two hands. put up with this all last winter, and now that it is starting to get chilly here in the late night and early morning hours (work nights here so i drive alot durring these times) i want to be able to cruise with the heat on when needed.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

67 Florida Deluxe wrote:
The original "friction disks" Andy referred to are nylon washers. Over the years they disintigrate.


I was thinking I was (or will have to be) going to have to do that on my 66-frame baja - here in this dry climate those sort of things dry out and fall apart more often than in other parts of the country. But so far, other than retightening them every couple of years, they've held up (and I've had that car like 12 years now)
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well I have friction washers in mine and they cannot make one whole trip before they are flopping around again. I am looking for an aircraft type elastic stop nut. That should take care of it.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My original friction washers in my white '67 were almost completely gone. The left side stayed up but the right would creep back down in about a mile. When I took them apart, there were a few crumbs of the original nylon washer on the right side and about half of one on the left side. If memory serves, there should be two per lever (one on either side of each lever). I snatched the ones off my blue '67 (which were like new) and put them on my white car. I used thin metal washers on the blue car. They both worked great in each car from then on (of course the metal washers are not going to disintigrate, like the ones on my white car will eventually Sad )
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone have an exploded view or good picture of the way all the washers, etc. go on the threade shaft for the heater levers?
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

look in wolfsburg west catolog since they sell them. Idea part number is 111 711 749A = heater lever bushing kit,setn of 4 friction washers to allow proper adjustment of levers 1965-1979 $2.50
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Does anyone have an exploded view or good picture of the way all the washers, etc. go on the threade shaft for the heater levers?


Theres not a whole lot to it - I just put a plastic washer on each of the lever with a small metal washer against the nut. You can find plastic washers at pretty much any hardware store - worse case, almost any piece of plastic cut approximate size with a hole in the middle works.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

coffee can plastic lid and an exacto knife.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks,
Did the hardware store washers for $2. They work perfectly now.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I use Thread Locker (blue) to make sure the threaded parts stay put and don't loosen when I move the control levers up and down.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a bad idea.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 07, 2011 7:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or use locknuts with the nylon inserts......
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