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On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 23:15, Jim Adney wrote: > When did they switch to the braided cable? The microfilm shows the Bowden tube > apparently for all years.. > When do they show the start of the roller on the T-1 foot feed pedal. I think it was about '66. Prior to that, the early T-1 throttle cables were just plain wire with a loop at the pedal end, not a "Z" hook. > > I can buy really nice 1/16" stainless wire rope in the local hardware store. > Maybe I should figure out how to make my own. It should be pretty easy except > for the AT which needs the threaded end, although the MT style termination > could certainly be used. The only other thing you'd need would be fairly soft > tubing of an appropriate diameter. I wonder if 1/8" Cu tubing would work? ;-) > The T-1's just had a piece of plastic tubing in the mid '60's. And I think it was just to facilitate assembly on the assembly line. They usually shrank to be too short after a few years, and actually caused throttles to stick. -- 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