In an emergency you can cut the cable off about 3 inches from the end and
hammer down a piece of 1/8" copper tubing that crimps down on the cable.
Its best to put the crimped copper patch on the front end since it is a
straight pull and the throttle body end has a bend before it comes
through the firewall.

Stan Wilder
83 Westfalia Air Cooled

On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:46:25 -0600 John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET> writes:
> Yikes! I was checking out the engine compartment of my 81 air cooled
> and
> noticed the throttle cable is getting frayed from rubbing against
> the hole
> in the compartment where it exits heading for the front end.
>
> How much fun is it to replace that baby? I have the aux furnace
> beneath
> the vehicle which makes all things fun going from front to back tons
> of
> fun. Looked in Bentley, and I'm sure its there somewhere, but I
> didn't
> find it.
>
> I found one message in the archive that described using 12 gauge
> wire
> pulled through in place of the cable, which seem like a good idea,
> just a
> fear of it coming loose :-) and not knowing how large the holes are
> that
> it passes through.
>
> Opinions on which way to pull it out? Never having seen one up
> close, can
> the new one be attached to the old one to and pulled through?
>
> I would appreciate any comments or suggestions, as this one can't
> wait too
> much longer.. <g>
>
> Thank a lot,
>
> John
>

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