Is this strange?

ObscureMachine

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• May 1, 2012

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So, the cable looking thing that comes out of the firewall and goes back in. Anyone guess what it does?

 

thegreatjustino

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• May 1, 2012

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Probably the heater valve cable. I bet one end of it is mashed between the firewall and the diamond plate. You can see where the end is between the two pieces.

 

Broncobowsher

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• May 1, 2012

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Cable coming out of that hole was originally heater control.
Someone took off the valve and shoved the end of the cable back into the hole.
Pull on it a little, one end will come out.

 

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thegreatjustino said:

Probably the heater valve cable. I bet one end of it is mashed between the firewall and the diamond plate. You can see where the end is between the two pieces.

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Oh! I know where both ends go. That's the funny part.

 

Bundy

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• May 1, 2012

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ugh, diamond plate cowl. I feel your pain Obscure... don't ever take it off cause you'll cry when you see under it.

 

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ObscureMachine

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Broncobowsher said:

Cable coming out of that hole was originally heater control.
Someone took off the valve and shoved the end of the cable back into the hole.
Pull on it a little, one end will come out.

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Well, I tried that. it wouldn't budge. So, of course I crawled under the dash, to see where it went. followed from one end to the other.

I thought I must be crazy. Traced it again.

Yep. It goes from the heater control..................................to the manual choke knob!

Pull the choke out to make the heater work! The heater control knob doesn't connect to anything.

Good thing I live in Nola and don't need a heater!

 

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• May 2, 2012

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ObscureMachine said:

Yep. It goes from the heater control..................................to the manual choke knob!

Pull the choke out to make the heater work! The heater control knob doesn't connect to anything.

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Sigh... seriously, where do all these "Previous Owners" go? Diamond plate cowl covers AND transmogrified heater controls? Why can't they just stick with their Ch#vys and Heeps? LOL