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I've driven mostly carbed miles, and the only failure was once on the single-core type on an old Beetle, never on a flexible multi-stranded one (so far, though I carry a spare!). Sometimes, it's that there is no slack with pedal to the metal. Maybe cold weather aggravates this a bit, but I'd have thought the chassis shortens by the same fraction. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 2:55 PM Subject: RE:type3 throttle cable (was NEW 69 FASTBACK OWNER) > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~