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On 27 Mar 2005 at 12:04, fess wrote: > On Mar 27, 2005, at 10:33 AM, Jim Adney wrote: > > Remove the Bowden tube and slide a washer over the clutch cable tube > > where it > > exits the tunnel. Slide the washer up against the bulkhead and weld it > > to the > > tube and the bulkhead. > > Isn't the accelerator cable tube in the way? or should it just be > shoved to the side? > I have a approximately a 2" diameter hole that both tubes come out > of, so, imagining this washer trick it seems like I would have to push > the accelerator tube to the side, and then the washer would only get > purchase on part of the opening. I suppose we could drill a side hole > in the washer for the accelerator tube. This sounds totally wrong. Both tubes should exit out of separate, snug fitting holes in that bulkhead, where they should have been individually tack welded where they exited. THIS is the place that takes the lion's share of the force when you push on the pedal. If this has been cut away (maybe someone converted this from AT to MT) then it's no surprise that the other secondary welds broke, as they were never meant to take all that stress. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~