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On 22 Feb 2005 at 3:09, timothy kuehn wrote: > ...every few years they break, good to keep an extra along. Ive gotten home > with a string.. > Check your throttle cable.Broke mine on Rt.690 today. > >Not fun at all... > > I chewed through several throttle cables This all seems rather odd to me. In 35+ years of driving type 3s I've NEVER broken a throttle cable. In that whole time I've also replaced exactly ONE throttle cable in a customer's car. I'm just guessing, but I suppose that the FI is easier on the cable than carbs, especially aftermarket carbs. I can also imagine problems arising if the cable is routed poorly: not linked to the pedal carefully, Bowden tube not threaded smoothly between the body and the engine breast plate, rear cable end not connected so that it can rotate easily, etc. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~