killakornkobb where's that clutch?
1,663 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
gave the beetle a punch around a corner and snapped my accellerator cable! need a new one!!!
Tagedeezee Heezy
needed urgently!!! accellerator cable for 1500 beetle!
xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard
460 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·
mercwreck/volksparts 22 Lanyon in Dandy.... now that BME (MrBug) is no longer...
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Hi Damien,
did the cable break near the carburetor??
Lee
did the cable break near the carburetor??
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!
2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
yeh it did Lee..
You got it sorted yet Damo?
You got it sorted yet Damo?
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
killakornkobb where's that clutch?
1,663 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·
yeah lee just the end broke off i patched it up w/ the clamp that holds the cable to the carby, and a paperclip!!! its getting me to and from work.. but i dont want to tempt fate really🙂
Tagedeezee Heezy
0 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
hey damo, i'll have a look for you tonight or tomorrow night, may have one somewhere
wacked1 Custom Title Time!
1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·
hi mate i did the same thing on my 1500 beetle about 6 manoth ago and mine has a 1600tp with twin webbers on it . i went to binnings and got some of that steel cable it does the trick. i punch mine all the time and have not had 1 problem yet.
cheers
cheers
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing
don't worry it's a VW thing
xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard
460 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·
a new accel cable is maybe $5, I used to buy em for $2...
I would suggest buying the right part for the job, and a spare for next time...
I would suggest buying the right part for the job, and a spare for next time...
68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --
11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
A company in the USA sells throttle cables that don't break...
I tried to buy them once but they didn't want to know anyone outside the USA....
also made unbreakable clutch cables....
the reason the accelerator cable breaks is the cable flexes all the time next to the crimped on piece of metal...
the cables would last longer if the end bit wasn't there....
Lee
I tried to buy them once but they didn't want to know anyone outside the USA....
also made unbreakable clutch cables....
the reason the accelerator cable breaks is the cable flexes all the time next to the crimped on piece of metal...
the cables would last longer if the end bit wasn't there....
Lee
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---
Hertz www.melburgluft.com
1,080 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·
Good tip then?68AutoBug wrote:A company in the USA sells throttle cables that don't break...
I tried to buy them once but they didn't want to know anyone outside the USA....
also made unbreakable clutch cables....
the reason the accelerator cable breaks is the cable flexes all the time next to the crimped on piece of metal...
the cables would last longer if the end bit wasn't there....
Lee
Click the Beetle
xornge666x Wolfsburg Wizard
460 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·
with everything setup properly, it should not have much flex there anyway...
the early cables are solid not braided, and last for years... they do not flex at the end at all.
often with twin carb linkages, or the horrible empi single centre mount idf manifolds etc the cable gets pulled out of line.
also need to make sure the bowden tube is in place between the rear of the pan and the tube that goes through the fan housing.
the early cables are solid not braided, and last for years... they do not flex at the end at all.
often with twin carb linkages, or the horrible empi single centre mount idf manifolds etc the cable gets pulled out of line.
also need to make sure the bowden tube is in place between the rear of the pan and the tube that goes through the fan housing.