I'm rushing in where angels fear to tread, here -- but AFAIK the aircooled
V'gons still use a hydraulic clutch.  I would guess that a cable hanging
down would be the handbrake cable.  By '84 they were using a solid rod for
the single part of this, but at some earlier point it was wire rope.

If the above is true, and the clutch is not working, then the cable you see
is incidental to that problem.

david

At 07:54 AM 3/16/2000 , Kirk Fair wrote:
>Hi List,
>Have an old 83 Vanagon to restore; clutch cable needs fixed, is it a
>difficult job? It is hanging down underneath.
>Thanks for any info.
>Kirk

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"