[T3] Bowden tube boot differences

[Jim Adney]

On 9 Aug 2013 at 10:08, Soren Jacobsen wrote:

> I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but it looks to me like VW
> switched, in 1968, from an effective bowden tube boot to a nearly
> worthless one.  I'm referring to the boot that goes on the rearward
> (rear is rear) tip of the bowden tube where the clutch cable exits. 
> 
> Here's the 1968-on style: http://images.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/3651357.jpg
> Here's the earlier style: http://a248.e.akamai.net/origin-cdn.volusion.com/o42db.t5sus/v/vspfiles/photos/VWC-111-721-365-3.jpg

The style you're calling "later" is actually the boot for the FRONT 
end of the Bowden housing. The one you're calling "earlier" is the 
one for the rear. AFAIK, both of those were used, without change, for 
all years.

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