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On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 18:46, Mark Healey wrote: > I was toodling along the freeway and suddenly the engine dropped to > idle. You guessed it, a broken accelerator cable. Unfortunately it > broke in a place where I couldn't pull it through and reattach it. > > I was planning to get a spare and carry it around but never got to it > and it costs me U$33 in towing. > > When I get a replacement I'm getting two. > If it broke near the engine or over the trans, I have sacrified a heater cable and made a temporary splice to get the car home. I had a Type 2 come in that had a piece of barbed wire from a farmers fence spliced in to get it home. -- 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