On my '69 Ghia, it was a cable from a lever on the front of the fan shroud, part of the cooling flaps, and is controlled by the thermostat. It's like a motorcycle control cable, I think it was solid wire inside.
It's long gone on my car, unfortunately. Chuck Kuecker On 8/27/2012 2:39 PM, Bert Knupp wrote: > Volks, > > The 1968-72 beetle engines had a preheater cable that apparently ran behind > the air cleaner from a solenoid (over on the left) to a little control lever > on the back of the right air intake tube. It looks like it has an in-line > spring. It controls the position of the flap that selects air from the > preheater warmed-air hose or the direct-intake tube. > > Mine is long gone, and I’d like to re-establish it to make my restoration > showroom-original correct. I can’t find that cable-and-spring assembly in > any catalog. And it appears to have been frequently removed (and never > missed) from lots of stock engines. > > Does anybody (a) know an ordering source for this cable assembly, or (b) > have an old 1968-‘72 that they’ve given a new air cleaner that still has > this cable assembly – that they’d be willing to sell? I’ve got the air > cleaner all restored, but need the cable. Please drop me a line off-list if > you’d like to deal. > > Thanks, > > Bert Knupp > Nashville, Tennessee > > __n|_ > °(_____)º > (ô\_|_/ô) > U° °U > Polizeikäfer 70 > > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2197 / Virus Database: 2437/5227 - Release Date: 08/27/12 _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
