I finally sorted the iffy heater control valve cable! The better part of a day's fannying about but the controls now have a very light action. Why VWSA never took this approach in the first place I can't imagine...
The problem. SA has a special cable to connect to the Audi 80 control panel and it is far too short imho, so has a tortuous path down to the valve which ended up with it getting kinked:
![Image](http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/06/30/utuze3ev.jpg)
I had a new rhd one, but it needed the outer shortening to achieve the correct end-to-eye dimension as the original. This meant cutting the end off the SA outer and hooking out the inner with a small drill:
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Then the outer could be trimmed back (35mm in the end, but an inch more wouldn't matter as you will see later)
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Then the locating tag could be refitted to the rhd cable and a new eye formed (not easy!)
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The new cable was a fiddle to refit but the control panel will roll over just enough to give access. Take out the dash pod, radio and heater ducting for access. You'll need it!
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The cable still had a poor approach angle to the valve , so I drilled a new hole at the "corner" of the tunnel where it would still be hidden by the heater ducting:
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From underneath:
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The cable now runs under the radio, past the vaccum actuator and in a large arc down to the grommet and in a straight line to the valve. It is hardly visible from the passenger seat, hence the comment that it could be an inch shorter without any worries.
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All well worth the effort and eliminates another 22S part.
PS remove the top 450mm of the rubber star-section anti-rattle sheathing from the cable, the reduced bulk helps it settle back under the radio and achieve a more gentle line.
Finally I swapped the awful T3 "beeper" for some mk3 golf horns. Much more German-sounding!
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