I replaced mine about 2 mos. ago. It took about 30 minutes and about 25 minutes of that time was access the part/put the other parts back together time. I had a friend with an 80 aircooled that broke the throttle cable. He enlisted the help of a buddy with a long string to work the throttle-LMAO.

David Clarkson
90 westy (244k)

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:01 am
Subject: Re: throttle cable replacement 83.5 wbx westy

OOps sorry about that . 83.5 1.9 wbx westy?
On 16-Sep-07, at 9:50 PM, Roger Whittaker wrote:?
?
> year and model of van please?
>?
> On 9/16/07, Don Spence <dkspence@telus.net> wrote:?
> Got stranded today and needed a 68 Km tow as the throttle cable?
> snapped at the engine end.?
>?
> What is the procedure for replacement??
> Tia?
>?
>?
>?
> --?
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