thanks bob. where did you buy the replacement cable? on a quick search this morning, van-cafe and gowesty have it. i would love to buy it in person, but not sure where to go in seattle. > Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:59:03 -0600
> From: mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:12 PM, john russell wrote:
> 
> > anyone done this? it broke just under the accelerator. i dropped the spare tire and have gerry-rigged it for now. looks like a fairly simple remove/replace job. am i kidding myself?        
> 
> No, you're not. Fairly simple, straight forward. Mine did the same thing. I just replaced that a month or so ago. The "adjustment" will come from cutting the stranded cable (front end
> of van AND cable) where it goes into the barrel adjuster with the allen nut in it. The end of that is where the final adjustment occurs, sliding the "male" prong forward/aft to get the right
> cable tension. I think I cut the cable 3 times before I got it just right. Just didn't want to err on the side of too short. Leave enough of the "male" sticking out the front end of that adjustment
> nut clamp so that you can shorten the cable by moving the "male" further forward before tightening the adjustment bolt. One of those "measure-3-times, cut-once" sort of things.
> 
> bob
> '87 Syncro Westy