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Accelerator Cable Part 2
Well unless you guys can mail me a miracle the motor's coming out.
Here's the deal, while I've been pushing this car around for about 4 years I left the cables attached to it. every now and then a cable would fall down and apparently I ran over the accel cable which in turn bent the throttle cable tube. I tried every which way to straighten it but I couldn't get it straight enough to slide the threaded stud part of the cable through. So against my better judgement I threaded a bolt down the tube gambling that it would straighten it out. You guessed it, it broke off. This really wouldn't have been that hard a job to straigten if the fan housing wasn't so close to the tube. So I plan on dropping the motor in the next week or two and drilling down the tube until it gets straight. Any other suggestions? Pity and condolences accepted, ShawnO  1975 914 2.0L[This message has been edited by ShawnO (edited 10-01-2001).] |
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10-01-2001, 05:19 PM
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Two helpings of the latter from me.
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10-01-2001, 05:22 PM
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I had the same problem and ended up having to cut the tube in the tunnel from the shift lever back to the firewall. I replaced it with 3/16" aluminum tubing and compression union in the tunnel and epoxied the tube where it passed through the firewall. The new Terry cable went in without a problem.
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10-02-2001, 06:26 AM
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Jabez - you are my HERO!
I think I'll try it. And I thought I actually had a new problem on the 914. ShawnO |
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10-02-2001, 07:32 AM
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One other thing, the tube is tack welded to a thin brace that is about 12" rearward from the shifter hole. Once you cut the tube you can wiggle the tube enough to break the weld.
I think there is a post with pictures of the inside of the tunnel on this BBS. |
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10-02-2001, 09:44 AM
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I have had a lot of success using metal brake line to replace cable casings. I replaced the hood casing this way and it works well and looks nice. You can buy the brake line in various lengths, it bends smoothly, and there is a large variety of fittings to terminate the ends with. On my hood, the cable was fine, but the plastic casing had cracked in many places, so the hood would not open. These cables are pretty expensive.
Hope this helps. Karl |
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10-04-2001, 02:02 PM
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