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> >At 08:09 PM 6/19/97 -0400, you wrote: >>Oh what fun. On my way home from a VW shop (JAC in Minneapolis) my gas pedal >>dropped to the floor. It snapped where the wire joins the thicker little >>medal piece which hooks to the pedal. I pulled the cable into the engine >>compartment, threw it up to the front seat, and drove off using my left hand >>to excellerate! I wouldn't advise this method to anyone, but it got me home. >>Anyone ever replace this cable? How difficult is it? >> Hehe...this reminds me of a time when the same thing happened to me in my 71 beetle. I had a friend with me, also a VW nut, who had a great idea. Since we weren't too far from home, he decided that he would stand on the back bumper and hold on to the decklid and work the accel. straight off the carb. We were both 16. Ahh..the good ole days.... :) Mark E Hood Auburn ,AL