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WTB: Climate control controls



Quite frequently the vacuum valve just gets really sticky and will not turn.
Internally it's a rubber faced labyrinth bearing against a plastic face and it tends to rub the lubricant away and get unbelievably hard to turn.
Popping off the circlip, cleaning it up and relubing it (I'm thinking Vaseline is best here but the jury is still out) will make a world of difference.
A new unit is still available, but over $350!!!
I'm a little disappointed that I posted on this very subject a couple months ago suggesting that if your heater control was hard to move it might be nice to clean and relube the vacuum unit before the pivot breaks seeing as how these units are really expensive.
OTOH, I can understand that people may not want to read everything I write. I'm definitely no Cathy or Chris Bennet!  :^(
Dan


 From: "Daun Yeagley" vwdaun@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: WTB: Climate control controls
>
> --- Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:
>
>> My air distribution/temperature selection controls were
>> always sticky, a
>> while ago the upper slider busted completely (at the
>> pivot, not just the
>> plastic slider), and the lower is stuck on hot, which is
>> okay (it's
>>> getting cold in the mornings!), but I can't select where
>> the air goes.
>
> I would first look into *why* the upper slider wouldn't
> work, otherwise you'll break the replacement as well.  (And
> they are NOT cheap IIRC)  The temp control slider problem
> is almost surely the cable - I just replaced the one in my
> 16v a couple weeks ago.
>
> Try a bolt & lock washer through the pivot to see if that
> will fix it.  If not, I probably have one from the most
> recent cancer victim.
>>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '80 Scirocco                 '81 Scirocco S 16v to be?
> '86 Scirocco 8v              '88 Scirocco 16v
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!) '96 Passat GLX Wagon
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> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - 
> Ehrlich's Law.