Leo:  Last summer my throttle cable also broke on my 91.  The dealer
wanted a lot of money for a cable as they would only sell the complete unit
with the metal caps on  both ends of the cable and the sleeve already in
place.  So I asked the list, and someone suggested airplane cable, that's
right, airplane cable.

So I called around in in a few minutes I had located some,  I pulled the old
cable out of the sleeve (this of course involved removing the spare tyre, the
cover to the accelerator linkage up under the spare tyre) and took it to the
cable place and they had the 'right stuff'.  So I had them cut a piece for me -
about a foot longer than needed - and then I went to the local hardware store
to buy some screw 'thingies' to attach to the cable at both ends and some
metal cap thingies to keep the cable from unravelling.  I lubed the cable
sleeve with graphite - (not oil as it will get gooy in the winter).  I then
threaded the cable back through the sleeve and through the linkages and
affixed the screw thingies to keep it in place and put on the metal end caps.
I put it all back together. and I have had no problems, and it was cheap.  If I
can help further, let me know.  Malcolm S

Judith wrote:

> Thanks for to everyone who replied.
> It is the throttle cable, rusted out at the engine end and snapped off. I
> could you some advice if you've done this job. Which end do you feed the
> new cable in from? What is the minimum required disassembly at the engine
> end? The spring loaded throttle assembly looks pretty mysterious to me.
> Where does the business end of the throttle cable attach? How do I get to
> it? Any help appreciated. Regards Leo Meaford ON www.meaford.com