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A lot of talk here about throttle cables. My experience has been that if the pedal stop is not adjusted right, then the full force of your foot is transferred down the throttle cable. If you have the cable adjusted so that you hit the pedal stop just as the carb gets full open, then there is no extra loading on the cable. I would think that this would be the key to long cable life. Jim Showker ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Erkson" <air_cooled_nut@pobox.com> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: Re: type3 throttle cable > That was my only one that broke. Maybe the mechanic who put the carbs > on didn't do it quite right (which I would not doubt as he didn't > remove/cover the bare wires of the FI harness and I had a very smoky > short one day). I am still using the accelerator replacement cable to > this day. All my stuff is not straining nor bent on my cars. > > Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com > Two '72 VW Squarebacks, '95 VW Jetta ~ WIP, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914 > http://www.icbm.org/ > Portland, Oregon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~