I have one of these in stock however I am very aware of this problem.
Usually the front cable part doesn't fail it is the rear threaded
portion.  I was thinking about getting the old cable from folks as a
core and then refurbishing them.  This is another slow moving part that
normally lasts pretty much forever unless rust comes into the picture.
When something moves slow, VW decides that people are never going to
need it so they drop it.  The best thing to do is to start saving these
off of vans you are junking.  Even if the threaded part is messed up,
then cut that off and weld on a new one to make the repair.  Having one
spare should do you for a while since I have never sold or used more
than a couple of these in the course of a year.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Frank Condelli wrote:
> Folks anyone out there know where to get a front  parking brake cable for a
> Vanagon ?  Seems it's obsolete and we are  supposed to do what now when the
> cable part of it rusts and beaks where it rubs  on the plastic guide above
> the fuel tank ?  Van in shop with fuel tank out  and the cable is only got
> two or three strands of the cable still holding  !
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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