Re: Clutch Cable?

[thescirocco@juno.com]

> THANK YOU very much Shawn for helpin' me out.   I just got back from
> scouring Los Angeles lookin' for the elusive clutch cable.  I walked 
> into a shop in Korea town and the man told me a tall guy JUST walked in
and 
> bought his last cable.  What, I ask y'all, are the ODDS of another
Scirocco 
> 16v popping a clutch cable within a ten mile radius of me?!  I asked
him 
> why he sold it because I had JUST called him and he said he had one. 
He 
> replied that he thought the tall guy was picking it up for me.  
> Keee-rist!!!! :(  In any case, I ordered another cable and it should be
in by 10 am  tomorrow. $43 smackaroonies this thing cost me! =8O
> 
> Needless to say, despite my wishing to tackle this job myself [I'm 
> the stubborn type :)], "Nemesis" [the Roc :)] will not be fixed until 
> tomorrow.
> Triple A is coming for him first thing in the morning and I'll drop 
> the part off to my mechanic.  *sigh*  And this weekend was so sunny 
> too...perfect Scirocco cruising weather =(
> 
> I'll add Shawn's helpage info to my personal Scirocco archive.  
> Until then....one more Scirocco temporarily out of the war =(

Clutch cables are $15-20 at the Volkswagen dealer.
 
Peter
'79 Scirocco 16V project car
'84 Scirocco 2.0L
'83 GTI 
'80 Scirocco, '88 Scirocco 16V, roller for sale, '87 GTI 16V for parts

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