<VV> Heater control cable question...

[goofyroo@excite.com]

>>>>>The procedures for frozen cables are petty intuitive, and involve trying to get lubricant/solvent to drain into the sheath from the high end. And they take time. CLOCK time, not necessarily actual WORK time.

Years ago I had a "cable oiler" from J.C. Whitney that was a marvel of simplicity.  It was a large syringe ending in an open tube.  The tube's end had a slit piece of hose, about like fuel-line hose, stuck in it.  The hose-piece ID was such that a motorcycle cable (or heater cable, in the Corvair's case) could be pushed into it and the tube tightened around it via a hose clamp.

I'd fill the syringe with oil, insert the plunger, and apply pressure.  Gradually -- though much faster than any drip method -- the oil would flow down into the cable casing, eventually dripping out the other end.  Cable oiled.

Wish I could find one that simple and effective today.  I tried a motorcycle shop, and the Whitney catalog, to no avail.

Michael Smith
Dallas

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