 heater cable fabrication, any one done it? |
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| nycchef |
 Oct 10 2006, 02:49 PM
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mechanical moron  Group: Members Posts: 952 Joined: 28-November 05 From: new york city n.y. Member No.: 5,202 Region Association: None  |
it pains me to spend $37. + shipping to buy a flimsy piece of wire for my flapper boxes. has any built their own? someone must have, you guys have the sharpest minds in the country, the world , the universe (IMG:style_emoticons/default/KMA.gif)
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| bd1308 |
Oct 10 2006, 03:36 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
well coming from the dumbass of KY, I used some steel bailing wire for my valve. Version 2 will be picture wire, seemed to me that picture wire would be more flexible than v1. I had a club member send some stainless wire too, I may use that. my bailiing wire worked fine though.
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| nycchef |
Oct 10 2006, 03:50 PM
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mechanical moron Group: Members Posts: 952 Joined: 28-November 05 From: new york city n.y. Member No.: 5,202 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(bd1308 @ Oct 10 2006, 01:36 PM)  well coming from the dumbass of KY, I used some steel bailing wire for my valve. Version 2 will be picture wire, seemed to me that picture wire would be more flexible than v1. I had a club member send some stainless wire too, I may use that. my bailiing wire worked fine though. thats the spirit. how did you make the connection to the boxes? |
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| bd1308 |
Oct 10 2006, 03:53 PM
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Sir Post-a-lot Group: Members Posts: 8,020 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Louisville,KY Member No.: 3,501 |
actually you *could* probably use the stock connections if you used bailiing wire, but the picture wire may require just making a knot around the heater pull, or wrap the wire around a bolt and cinch a nut down on it.
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| MartyYeoman |
Oct 10 2006, 03:57 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,519 Joined: 19-June 03 From: San Ramon, CA Member No.: 839 Region Association: Northern California 
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I had a failed cable on one side only.
I bent the existing cable (wire) into a loop and attached a carter pin through it's looped end. I then held the pin into the heater valve in the usual way. |
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| mihai914 |
Oct 10 2006, 06:05 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 800 Joined: 2-March 05 From: Montreal, QC Member No.: 3,697 Region Association: None
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I think you can do it with some bicycle cable along with those crimp on tubes at the ends that are supposed to prevent the strands to go loose.
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| 2-OH! |
Oct 11 2006, 01:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 552 Joined: 17-October 03 From: Santa Clarita, Kalifornication Member No.: 1,253 |
Just a quick thought...I used something similar to bailing wire, two cars ago...At certain RPMS, harmonic vibration set up an awful rattle...Finally got the cables tight enough that the problem went away, but had to jack the car several times and get a friend to help...
The current restoration, I put shrink wrap tubing around the cables and that rattle will not be a problem this time... 2-OH! |
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