Re: alfa-digest V7 #1078

[Pottree@domain.elided]

In a message dated 10/05/1999 5:39:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:

<< Well its getting colder here and my heater doesn't work.  Looked under the 
dash and the cable to the valve was 
 off. Turning the valve on by hand gets heat but its a little hard to adjust 
at 80 mph.  
 When I put the cable back on the valve I discovered that the temperature 
adjustment knob (the middle one) 
 doesn't move the cable.  Probably why the PO took the cable off.  Also, the 
direction knob (the one on the left) 
 does not appear to work either.
 Are both of the knobs strictly cable operated or do the have some electronic 
actuator and switch (please tell me 
 that my Milano doesn't have a, dare I even say it, ...stepper motor).
 Also, how do I get to the back of the switches without taking the entire 
dash out of the car.
 I'm getting marri >>

Kevin, congrats on impending marriage.

The Milano heater control, as I get it, works on a puny little piece of 
cable.  Turning the dial pushes on the cable to turn up the heat; turning it 
the other way pulls on the cable to turn the heat down/off.  After about 12 
years, 4 months, and 18 days of service in the car, actuating the dial bends 
the cable instead of pushing on it to activate the heater valve some distance 
away.  Once the cable is bent it is cold toast and must be replaced.

To reach it, I believe the center section of the dash, above the console, 
must be removed.  Once you go to this trouble, you might consider installing 
a slightly heavier cable.

Luckily, there are no steppers to break; this is an infinitely less 
sophisticated system.  Just a little joke from Arese, ha-ha.  

Charlie
LA, CA, USA

87 75
84 GTV6

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