Heater cable assembly order - UPDATED PHOTOS

SGKent · Last edited by SGKent on Sat Jun 27, 2009 8:39 pm; edited 2 times in total

I posted on this a while back and didn't get an answer. Can't locate that thread so thought I would ask again another way. 1977 bus heater cable question

There is a rubber boot at the back where the plastic fits to the tube. Anyone know of a source. Right now am using electricians tape.

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There is a white small nylon / plastic piece that slides over the cable inside this area. The pictorials show it on the bellows side of the arrow but when it came apart it was on the tube side with the hat facing away from the tube and the small end stuck into the tube. Which is correct, the pictorial or the way it was?

The front end is exposed to moisture. Is there supposed to be a boot at this end? If yes can someone show me a part number or where to get it? Electricians tape? Silicone sealer to keep moisture out?

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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:19 am Post subject:

no idea on the plastic doo dad, but you need these boots for the front of the bus. they are the ones in the bottom middle of the screen, but when you click on them, it shows a pic of something different Confused

but at any rate, you need the ones that look like them. kind of like horn wire boots, but different

http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=211711630C

edit: this is a better pic of them

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=C16%2D113%2D411
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SGKent · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:

thanks for answering the part about those boots. I'll get a set. Now someone to answer the other 2 parts of the question........
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:00 am Post subject:

i am parting out a 69 bus. let me look at the heater plastic things and see if i have them. don't know if they will work, but i will get some pix anyway
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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

dont know if its the same animal, but here are some pix

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SGKent · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:

the late ones are two pieces but they serve the same function. There is a black plastic piece the fits on the tube and a small nipple with a slot that fits on the cable. The question is whether that nipple fits inside the tube or whether it fits inside the rubber bellows. Tell me, on your white plastic part from the 1969 - is the end with the arrow on the tube side or the cable end side?

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busdaddy · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject:

The end the arrow is pointing to is on the tube side (pointing to front) on my unmolested 78. The rubber boot goes on the tapered end.
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Lil Lulu · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 4:51 pm Post subject:

Does anyone make the plastic part or the bellows?
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SGKent · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:16 pm Post subject:

Ok. I took some photos

In the first one is how it came apart however PO has been in there before.
In the second shot, is how Vagcat etc pictorial shows it but the parts don't seem to fit as well and I don't know which way the hat fits on the smallest part.

I haven't a clue which is correct.

A

B

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skills@eurocarsplus · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:21 pm Post subject:

SGKent · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:10 pm Post subject:

here is the update. I discovered that the arms that hold the black plastic part were not allowing it to go all the way onto the tube so there was a gap. That allowed the cable barbs to get trapped. I did some fitting and was able to get the cables to move smoothly. Used the beetle rubber parts on the front of the tube under the driver to seal that area so both the front and back are sealed. Used electricians tape to take the place of the rubber boot on the back between the plastic and tube since that part is likely never to be found new or repro.
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Greg in GA · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject:

I know this thread is old but I'm needing a picture of the rear cable assembly. I'm missng everything except the cable and the tube back there.
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Desertbusman · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:47 pm Post subject:

Sorry, I don't have any pictures of the cable.

But regarding the DEAD pictures It would be great if people would do what Everett asks-

busdaddy · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:52 pm Post subject:

^X2^ Dead links suck.

Greg, tell us more about which rear cable and what else you need to see, there's more than one on some models and in different spots. Maybe even some pics of what you have now (in the Samba gallery of course Wink

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Greg in GA · Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:54 pm Post subject:

Here is the heater end I'm working on, I know about the boot, but I've seen a small plastic piece i'm missing as well. Any thoughts?

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Greg in GA · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:38 am Post subject:

Any idea on what's missing?

EDIT: on the picture above Smile

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poptop tom · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 5:50 am Post subject:

For me, the whole picture is missing. Confused

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busdaddy · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 7:15 am Post subject:

Perhaps send SGK a PM and see if he can repair his pics, you are missing the plastic clip that snaps into the holder on the body as well as the boot and small nylon sleeve that pushes into the end.
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SGKent · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:10 am Post subject:

Greg in GA · Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:48 am Post subject:

Dang, is there a source for these pieces other than a donor?


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