I can get an excellent choke or throttle cable from CP for $14.95. However, I cannot find a heater cable from CP or anyone else. I thought it might be because there is not near the demand for a heater cable but check this one out on eBay. I made the first bid at $9.99 and, with $10.60 for shipping I thought it would be worth it. Now it is at $32.79 and, with shipping will be at least $43.39 with another day left for bidding. So, CP, do you want to start offering these? Does anyone else know where to find them? Gater
What is that cable used for? What does it actually do? The only heat control I have ever seen is the fresh air cable that controls the damper to close off access door for fresh air intake to the truck. If this is a control valve cable, I have never seen one as I thought the control valve was controlled by rod and knob that says "warmer" on it. Andy
Sorry guys, Yes it is a NOS. Andy, it does control the damper that allows the air to the defroster. Here is the link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3ABCA%3AUS%3A11&viewitem=&item=140200958037 It looks like it is suppose to mount all the way over to the left under the light switch. I would probably mount it just to the right of the ignition where I have my electric switch for the heater. Gater
Here's a picture of where it's supposed to be mounted, I think. This isn't my truck, but one of a lot of pics of what I believe to be the most perfect AD truck I've seen yet.
Good pic to show the position. In my assembly manual it said that there are holes in the dash where the housing fits. There are similar holes under the cigarette lighter (for you youngsters that is where your accessorie chargers go) where the housing for the heater control valve knob goes. Notice that the heater switch in also shown in your pic. right beside the cable pull. I guess they expected the driver to be the boss when it came to adjusting the heat. I can hear it now, "If you kids don't settle down I am going to turn off the heat and roll down the window!" All the while wearing a heavy coat of course. Gater
Wow ~ I didn't mean for you to post the link ! If I had a nice truck and/or lived in real weather county , I'd maybe go bid against you . I hope none of the lurkers here do that .
No matter, Nate. It is out of my reach now. It would be nearly $50 by the time I bought it and had it shipped. Before I do that I will try to take the knob from an old headlight switch and attach it to a generic cable that I have. I grew up on a farm too. I know how to rig stuff to save a buck. Gater
NOS heater cable I bought an NOS (in the box) one of these about 3 years ago. If I remember correctly, it seems I paid less than half that for it. Prices are getting nuts, but it is a supply and demand thing. If someone is building a concours truck and needs it bad enough... We'll see what the auction brings. Bob
Re-Pop Defroster Cable Seems odd it doesn't come with the bracket , even GM knew you'd be wanting that ~ or do they also sell the bracket but seperately ? . I see a fair amount of junker cabs with the original cable firmly rusted into place , back when I was young I'd take them and soak in solvent , slide the center out and then polish it clean of rust , grease and re-assemble it , I don't mind super slidy cables . BTW : in case you're wondering why all replacement cables are so freaking long , it's they way GM planned it so one cable would fit all applications , cabover , cowl & chassis etc. , you simply pull the center out and cut the Bowden to suit .
Golden State Parts also sells a repop cable, but neither vendor sells a bracket to go with it. Go figure.
I wonder what this means in the Brother's description? "These cables are used between the heater and the heater control. All applications come complete with all three cables needed. Pre-cut and ready for installation." It makes it sound like there are 3 cables. BTW, the ebay auction just ended and the proud owner picked it up for $52.11 including shipping.
Another heater cable question A friend of mine picked up another one of these original heater control cables for me at the Portland Swap Meet last week. My '52 has a couple of generic aftermarket cables on it now that I want to replace with originals. My heater has a defroster cable and a cable to control the intake of inside/outside air. From what I'm looking at here, the defroster cable mounts on the left near the fan switch. So where does the inside/outside air control cable mount on the dash? Thanks, Bob
Bob - My ’48 doesn’t have a means of controlling the outside air. The cable (next to the fan control switch) just diverts some of the air to the defroster. The heater control valve over on the passenger side controls the amount of water flowing through the coil. It looks to me like I get fresh air all the time, probably more with the windows open a crack or without weather-stripping!
If you have a control for inside/outside air on your "fresh air" heater, then it is from 1954 or 1955 first series I believe. The earlier fresh air heaters did not have the option of switching between inside and outside. Mine has a cable control for the inside/outside and a hand controlled lever on the box itself for switching between defroster and heat. My truck is a 55.1 and the heater box came from a '54. Andy
Heater controls Guess I should have posted a picture the first time...is this what these later heaters look like? The little door on the far right of the pictrure is the inside air inlet that the cable attaches to. When it is closed, it opens the outside air with a small lever inside this door. Thanks, Bob
Fresh Air cable control Guess I'll answer my own question, so maybe someone can use this info. Still not sure if it is correct or not. I contacted a guy who rebuilds these old heaters and he told me the heaters with the little extra door went back as far as '53. Mine is a '52, but I don't know if this is the original heater for it or not. Always assumed it was just because of the overall survivor condition of the truck. Anyway, he also told me that the cable control for fresh air is mounted on the right side of the steering column (lower lip of the dash metal) and that there should be factory holes there for the bracket. Sure enough there were. Still would like to check an original pre-'52 truck to see if those factory holes are there. Anyone else ever seen one of these in a pre-'54? Bob
