transexl
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We spent some time trying to get the heater box working this winter AGAIN!
I cannot count the number of times Rolf and I have taken it out, worked it over and put it into Jimmy again to no avail. Once we fixed one side of the darned thing there is another lever coming off, screw loose or flap not flapping.
So here we have some - we hope - final questions.
I do hope the diagram and pics work for you to give us a helping hand.
First my (pretty crude) diagram
We made sure NOT to split the toothed joint on rod "d", but it came apart once we fully took out screw "a".
Apart from the setting of rod "d" in respect to levers "b" and "c", we cannot figure out how these will hold together in the end.
When the heater is mounted properly, there is some force on rod "d" that pushes it to the RIGHT/drivers side (probably the rubber seal on the rear of the box, judging by the feel of it), so there is some load on the toothed joint that it is not made for, IMHO.
We cannot imagine screw "a" to hold the two levers "b" and "c" in its place, even against a force as minute as this. Or will it?
One idea would be to cement the cast lever on to rod "d" with some sort of glue.
OR to drill a hole and thread into the end of rod "d" for a screw that holds the two levers.
Next:
This is how inner lever "e" was riveted to rod "d".
In the proces we figured that this might be a "LHD" setting in a "RHD" car, as inner lever "e" was blocked by a protrusion in the body/base unit.
The lever was blocked by the lower curved part of the body. The spot on its surface might be an indication... .
We already split the rivet and replaced it with a nut and bolt, as you can see, to turn the lever around 180 degrees. It has enough space now, but we still are unsure what is wrong or right, as it is unlikely that the heater box is wrong - if there are indeed LHD- and RHD heater boxes?
Viele Grüße
stefan and Rolf/commonguy
We spent some time trying to get the heater box working this winter AGAIN!
I cannot count the number of times Rolf and I have taken it out, worked it over and put it into Jimmy again to no avail. Once we fixed one side of the darned thing there is another lever coming off, screw loose or flap not flapping.
So here we have some - we hope - final questions.
I do hope the diagram and pics work for you to give us a helping hand.
First my (pretty crude) diagram
We made sure NOT to split the toothed joint on rod "d", but it came apart once we fully took out screw "a".
Apart from the setting of rod "d" in respect to levers "b" and "c", we cannot figure out how these will hold together in the end.
When the heater is mounted properly, there is some force on rod "d" that pushes it to the RIGHT/drivers side (probably the rubber seal on the rear of the box, judging by the feel of it), so there is some load on the toothed joint that it is not made for, IMHO.
We cannot imagine screw "a" to hold the two levers "b" and "c" in its place, even against a force as minute as this. Or will it?
One idea would be to cement the cast lever on to rod "d" with some sort of glue.
OR to drill a hole and thread into the end of rod "d" for a screw that holds the two levers.
Next:
This is how inner lever "e" was riveted to rod "d".
In the proces we figured that this might be a "LHD" setting in a "RHD" car, as inner lever "e" was blocked by a protrusion in the body/base unit.
The lever was blocked by the lower curved part of the body. The spot on its surface might be an indication... .
We already split the rivet and replaced it with a nut and bolt, as you can see, to turn the lever around 180 degrees. It has enough space now, but we still are unsure what is wrong or right, as it is unlikely that the heater box is wrong - if there are indeed LHD- and RHD heater boxes?
Viele Grüße
stefan and Rolf/commonguy
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