I cannot figure out how to get the 2 cables off of the valve arms on the heater valve assembly located on firewall. I pried a little, but didn't want to break off the ball-tips on the arms.
The two cables go into the firewall through protrusions that appear to be snap-ringed in place.
How does it come off?

**edit**
To clarify, I can get the valve off just fine, that was easy. I can't get the cables off, and that is my question....

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
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__________________
Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Anyone?????
Surely somebody has had to remove this item......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

They're definitely a PITA...when I've removed them successfully, I used a small pair of pliers to grab the coiled end of the cable and gently and slightly uncoil it enough to slip the end off that valve lever knob.

Hard to describe the method....

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Needle-nosed pliers worked on mine, but it took a little patience.

Thanks yall. I can figure out how to fight through that, I just wanted to make sure that was the proper course of action. Preciate it........

__________________
Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

Of course, you could just clip the ends off the arms to free the cables and replace the valve with a new one. $53something from Phil.

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