[T3] throttle cable

[Bryon Garvin]

Is it like a clutch cable in that you apply grease as well when putting the
new one in?

  - Bryon, '71 Fastback
On Feb 16, 2011 12:50 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> On 16 Feb 2011 at 13:18, Ted Nehring wrote:
>
>> Am I correct in assuming that replacing the throttle cable is just a
matter
>> of pulling the old one out from the passenger compartment and feeding the
>> new one back through the tube ?
>
> It usually is that simple, but be warned that there is a flexible Bowden
> housing where the cable passes by the tranny. That housing may fall out
when
> you remove the old cable.
>
> The front end of that housing has a sleeve that fits over the hard tube
that
> exits the pan, while the rear end of that housing fits in a socket in the
front
> engine tin. It's important that both ends be slipped in there correctly.
>
> --
> Jim Adney
> jadney at vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI USA
>
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