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On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 17:57, Mark Healey wrote: > Well, I finally managed to get it trough the tube. I it turns out > that what I thought was the other end coming out was for the heater > box vent. I have J tubes so it is just hanging there. > > What was blocking it was what looked like a piece of plastic sleeve > from the old cable. When I pulled the spring like tube there it was. > > Anyway I got the new cable through but it is about 1.5 inches too > long. > > Anybody know any tricks to hold the cable in place when the screw is > going right on the cable itself instead of the ferule. > You can either cut the cable over the trans, and use a heater cable clamp to splice it. OR, just make a loop over the trans, and splice hold the loop with a heater cable clamp. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org