Heater control rebuild

[uncletuck]

Has any one rebuilt one my knobs are broke off the slids

[Syndrome]

Mine are like this as well, subscribing.

[72 K20]

Most of the truck parts places have the rebuild kits with steel levers rather than the pot metal ones. I redid one in my 72 K20 , it had 2 broken levers, and now it works great now. I lubed my cables when I had them out after flushing them out with carb cleaner,,, made a big difference. Keep track of where each cable goes . It's a good time to get a new fan switch while it's apart,, if it's not working correctly.

They are not hard to do,,, take your time and make note of where everything was when you started.

[LockDoc]

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Here is a tip I posted back in 2006 about getting the cable retainer clips off without breaking them...

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=211815

LockDoc

[chipflyer]

Here is another good link to an old post that will be helpful if you have A/C.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=245558

Jeff

[PanelDeland]

I did mine about 15 years ago.I took a couple of days and did paint and such.The actual work took me maybe 2 hours.They're simple enough to do and as stated will work great if you lube up the cables well.

[tarafied1]

I just rebuilt mine. The center lever was broken. I bought mine local at Southern Kentucky Classics and it was in an "Old Air Products" package. It was the steel levers. It is a nicely engineered product and probably better than original. It works great and was easy but I don't like the plastic knobs. They look okay from a distance but not as nice as the original.

[uncletuck]

Thanks for the tips

[tarafied1]

my heater control need a little work, the pot metal "rivets" let go of the stamped steel frame holding the levers. I took it out, drilled and tapped some small screws into the pot metal. Since I had the kit with a decal I was able to grind the tip of the protruding screws off and apply the decal (which previously I didn't use). While it was apart I snapped some pics.

[leftybass209]

I just rebuilt mine a year ago. I didnt use the steel arms, though I should have but its not back together yet. I countersunk 4 screws in the front of it, and have nuts holding it in back. That makes it easier to repair should i need to in the future. the screws in front will be covered with the decal. I dont have the decal on yet and can post a pic later today if you need it.

[BB72CHEVKT]

Originally Posted by tarafied1

my heater control need a little work, the pot metal "rivets" let go of the stamped steel frame holding the levers. I took it out, drilled and tapped some small screws into the pot metal. Since I had the kit with a decal I was able to grind the tip of the protruding screws off and apply the decal (which previously I didn't use). While it was apart I snapped some pics.

Where did you get the decal? I have the same problem now and I thought of screwing it back on but did not want the screws sticking out the front.

[tarafied1]

the decal was part of the "kit"
when I rebuilt it originally, I just changed out the broken arms. The other day the framework must have come loose and so I did the screws today and dug out the decal to cover them. The whole kit pictured in post 7 was just under $30 and came with everything in the photo.