You're right David,
I was anticipating someone would point out that the link showed auto trans
*throttle cable* but not Shift Cables.
thanks for catching that.

if the quality of the 25 dollar one is decent, might go with that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David M" <covrambles@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Cost of auto shifter cable

That is an accelerator cable. The cable I mean is inside the shifter
mechanism, the hand-operated lever for shifting the automatic transmission.
Its not the same thing is it?

-David

--- On Wed, 5/26/10, The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:

From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject: Re: Cost of auto shifter cable
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 11:44 AM

> The auto shifter on my 1987 Vanagon, automatic has gone
> out of adjustment and I'm told I need a new cable and was
> quoted the cost of $135 plus 2 hours labor to fit it. Does
> that sound right? The repair shop told me its a VW only part.

No, they just don't know where to look. We carry an OEM German cable for
$25.

http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251723555E

- Ron Salmon
The Bus Depot, Inc.
www.busdepot.com
(215) 234-VWVW

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