1968 Vent Cable Connection Help
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1968 Vent Cable Connection Help
I have a 68 that I have been restoring - while removing the center console and fresh air vent cables - I noticed that the retainer clips were screwed to a yellowish piece of plastic that had been cut out of something else.
I cannot find the replacement part - it does not look to be the console itself and I have looked at several diagrams on the internet and talked to Wilcox and all it shows are the retainers being screwed into a part but never names that part.
Any help would be appreciated
I cannot find the replacement part - it does not look to be the console itself and I have looked at several diagrams on the internet and talked to Wilcox and all it shows are the retainers being screwed into a part but never names that part.
Any help would be appreciated
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Do you have the 68 assembly instruction manual (AIM)? The AIM shows the installation of the cables.
On the cables themselves, there is a plastic bracket on the cable sheath which screws into the underside of the console. From there, a cable runs to each kick panel vent door and screws into the door post near each vent door.
Can you post a pic of the "yellowish" plastic pieces you found?
Here ya go:
On the cables themselves, there is a plastic bracket on the cable sheath which screws into the underside of the console. From there, a cable runs to each kick panel vent door and screws into the door post near each vent door.
Can you post a pic of the "yellowish" plastic pieces you found?
Here ya go:
Last edited by Easy Mike; Dec 26, 2012 at 05:35 PM.
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Mike thank you very much - I now know the problem. Bubba used the wrong console or broke off the pieces that the cables attach to - cut out part of the old console and tried to glue it to the new one. So I just need a correct 68 console and I will be good to go. Thanks again
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