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I have a 1960 F100 4X4 with a 233 CI six cylinder 4 speed on the floor. I'm cleaning up the abused cab and am having trouble finding out how to remove the left & right cab vent cables. Both seem to be frozen but I'm hoping with some serious soaking I can get them to free up. I've attached some pictures to help identify the cables I'm talking about.
Anybody removed or changed these cables? Might even remove and clean up the doors controlled by the cables if there's a way of getting to them as well.
I remember taking mine all out as well as the doors and putting new rubber on them to seal better but I am drawing a blank as to how. Perhaps if you loosen the nuts that hold the cables to the dash, you will be able to rotate the doors to access removal by making the entire cable housing move back thru the dash. Is that as clear as mud? Then once you have them out, clean the outside of the housing up good on a wire wheel and then soak them in your favorite brew!
I've removed the clamps holding the cables to the fire wall. There seems to be an additional clamp up by the doors that I can't figure out how to loosen. Sure wish your memory was better. The manual doesn't explain anything about the cables or doors. Where'd you get the rubber for the doors?
I think I may have just cut it out from an old inner tube or some gasket material I had kicking around.
I just went out and looked at my parts cab that has the doors removed. On the drivers side there is a bracket behind the door that clamps the cable in place so it can't move. Kind of looks like spraying and waiting may be you only option to getting them off. Also, you could hold a hammer or something solid up to the cable and then tap on the housing from the other side to help free it up. Not hard enough to pinch the cable but hard enough to break the corrosion. Restoration teaches you patients.
I was looking on U Tube and there was a guy working on a slightly newer model F100. He took the whole assembly; frame & door out. I can't see how to do that but that would fix my problem. I was able to get the drivers door open enough to get the cable loose and remove it from the door. So one cable is out and soaking. The passenger sides door isn't as large but is not budging. I really would like to get the frames out because they're pretty rusty and there's still a lot of trash inside the cowl.
I believe there is a similar clamp on the top of the doors themselves. One of mine was so rusted, it just came loose when I pulled on it. It's been a while, but I think i was able to get the door loose from the kick panel enough to access that clamp & remove it.
Clamped on inside as said. Cables are made on ***** and have to be pull out through dash. I bought new cables with different *****, cut those ***** off, cut cables to needed length, threaded shaft ends and screwed original style ***** with loctite.
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