65 Rear Blower Cable

[George J.]

I've searched the archives and don't seem to see anything regarding my dilema.
While replacing my rear antenna cable, I noticed that the rear blower cable was not in/under the channel that the antenna cable was in. Since the blower cable was replaced by a shop years ago, I figured that it, too, should be under the plate, in the channel with the antenna cable. I looked in the AIM and it was not clear as to whether it was assembled in the channel our outside, so I put it in the channel. Now it seems that the cable is too short for this arrangement and I have pulled the housing out of the front bracket when pressing on the brake. I tried to fix it, but I will need to get a new cable. My questions are:
1 should the cable be routed in the channel with the antenna wire?
2 if it should be in the channel are the repro cables too short (non A/C car) to allow you to route the cable inside the channel?
3 am I missing something?

Thanks in advance

George

[Wayne M.]

Re: 65 Rear Blower Cable

, ..... I noticed that the rear blower cable was not in/under the channel that the antenna cable was in. Since the blower cable was replaced by a shop years ago, I figured that it, too, should be under the plate, in the channel with the antenna cable. I looked in the AIM and it was not clear as to whether it was assembled in the channel our outside, so I put it in the channel. Now it seems that the cable is too short for this arrangement and I have pulled the housing out of the front bracket when pressing on the brake. ........

George -- my reading of the '65 AIM (UPC 1, Sheets D10 and D10.1) is that yes, the rear vent blower cable should be in the "rocker panel gutter" along with the rear wiring harness and the antenna cable.

Can't speak to repro lengths, but the air car cable is 4 inches longer than non-C60, which is 114_1/8" (end of knob to cable eyelet).

Can you expand on your sentence "I have pulled the housing out of the front bracket when pressing on the brake. ....." ? I'm not sure I understand 'housing' and 'bracket' and how the brake pedal affects this.

Is the blower cable bracket installed in the correct set of under-dash holes, ie. to the right of the headlight roll-up switch ?

[George J.]

Re: 65 Rear Blower Cable

Wayne,
thanks for the reply. The pull is located to the right of the headlight switch and also to the right of the steering column. The cable then arcs behind the brake pedal. It has been this way since I purchased it in 1995 so I never even entertained the idea that it might be wrong. And it has functioned fine. Is this position incorrect? I am at work and don't have my AIM.
There is no interference with the pedal until you press it and then it was just enough to pull the housing out of the bracket attached to the dash. I was able to get it part way back in, but I don't think it is enough to give it the structural integrity to not allow the housing to "compress". I hope I am explaining this correctly. Certainly if the bracket under the dash is in the wrong location it would make it worse for length.

Thanks for your help.

George

[Wayne M.]

Re: 65 Rear Blower Cable

.....The pull is located to the right of the headlight switch and also to the right of the steering column. The cable then arcs behind the brake pedal. It has been this way since I purchased it in 1995 so I never even entertained the idea that it might be wrong. And it has functioned fine. Is this position incorrect? ...

George --- that's your problem. The rear blower bracket on '65 (and probably '64) coupes screws into the 2 holes immediately to the right of the headlight switch (see pic). You can see the imprint outline of a bracket on mine, which was the incorrect position for a non-air convertible.

Those other holes and cut-outs nearer to the steering colum are for C60 cars. So you probably have your blower cable in the 2 holes at the extreme right of the instument panel (under the ignition switch) -- this is the correct location IF you had air conditioning.

About the cable pulling out of the bracket: on early '65s, there was a tech service bulletin issued for a design change to eliminate this problem of not enough crimp to properly retain. I don't know whether it applied to all under-dash cables (I'd have to dig out the TSB). It happened to me on my left kickpad vent cable. I think just a small dab of JB weld or similar on the sleeve and force it back into the bracket would do the trick, without replacement.

[George J.]

Re: 65 Rear Blower Cable

Wayne,
thanks. I think my left vent cable is attached just to the right of the lights. I need to take a look at all the cables. I will also try and save the one that I have on your recommendation. It will save me over $100 if I can make it work. Much appreciated. Love this board.

George