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--- Iamkeen@aol.com wrote: > Gentlemen; > > Hearing about your goldfish vs. throttle cable > incident, figured I'd share my > own... > A buddy and I are driving through town, about > midnight, when the cable snaps. > we both knew what the problem was, the second it > happened. Lacking proper > lighting to even try to fix the thing, my passenger > and I - without even > speaking! - knew what had to be done. He hopped > over the back seat, peeled > away the carpet, lifted the lid... grabbed a > crescent wrench, slipped it over > the hex-link between the carbs, and worked the > throttle while I clutched and > steered. We got all the way across Jacksonville > this way - I had to shout > back at him to let him know when we were shifting, > accelerating, hold it at a > certain RPM, etc.. but it was hard for him to hear > because we were both > laughing so damn hard. After a few miles we got > into a great rhythm.... > When replacing the cable, I squirted the tube full > of white lithium, from > both sides, until it came ooozing out everywhere. > Is this a suitable product > for this application - or will it do something bad > to my cable? > > --timmy > '72 square > Jax, FL > Won't hurt a thing , any lube is better than no lube on something like a cable, other things require a special kind. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit > http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com