replaced the throttle cable over the weekend and had to chop into the flexi conduit at the back end of the metal stuff as there was a blockage in there. Now need to remove it and fit a new one, but can’t see how to get the old connection between the metal and flexi hose off. Seems like it’s crimped somehow but it’s not budging. Any tips?
Should have started with the old cable spinning in a drill trick and tried to chew your way out of the old conduit first.. Rule 1 never trash OG parts of a bus unless they leave as a bucket of rust pieces. This worked on mine. First throttle cable took a day, including eventually using the drill trick. Second throttle cable a year later went through a dream.. had to replace it when I fitted a progressive carb as the first one was too short and popped out of the clamp one time too many going uphill ona motorway.
The blockage was (is!) about 2 inches in the metal part so had to sacrifice the flexi hose to get into the metal bit to clear it out
I don’t think so, had to snip it and it’s bent the reinforcement inside so will just end up snagging the cable at some point. CoolAirVw do a replacement one for about £12. There’s a few on eBay for pennies too, but I’d rather not...
Other option is to get some 8mm copper and do a complete new run from front to back. Might pay to do that, at least it’s thicker and if (when!) it needs rerunning i should be able to just tape old and new together and pull it through. Should...