I snapped my throttle cable yesterday on my 1600 1978 t2 coming back from sunny hunny. I have found a replacement on EBay. However I am wondering: is it a difficult job to do. I can’t see anything in the Haynes manual about fitting a new cable. Is there a difference between a cable for a left hand drive and right hand drive. Obviously the routing would be different but don’t know if they are shorter.
They differ by year not just LHD and RHD. If you find the correct one here, copy the part number to GSF car parts and use discount code off58 this weekend it will probably cost less than a fiver. https://www.veewee.co.uk/parts/pedal-cluster/accelerator-cables/?vehicle=VW-Camper 68 -79
The generic cables throttle are all cut to be long enough to stretch almost to the rear valance. You may find the straight swaged on "bullet" on the end that goes into the carburettor clamp gets caught on its way from the front pedal bell crank. Usually where it enters the final throttle tube... having an assistant to wiggle things may help. Before you chop the end off, if needed, use solder to 'tin' the wire , soldering the strands together. Then cut it carefully. This avoids you trying to push a bottle brush up the tube. My bus seems to need the end chopped off as the bullet catches. The first time I changed the cable it took a day. Second time about an hour. Remove and fit from the front, grease the new cable.
when did ours removed whole tube from van, straightened all bends was quite easy job then fit new cable and put back on van......... you can also check length of cable easier. Where you based ?
Ok I bought a cable and started the installation process. However I am stuck. I have removed the old cable and fed the new one most of the way through however it was stuck on the flexi hose. I moved the flexihose and hey presto we are almost done. However as the flexihose was moved I am having trouble getting the cable into the engine bay and through the tinware. Does anyone have any pictures or guides that would be helpful. Thanks
Sorted!! I used a copper brake pipe fed it from the engine side until my mate underneath saw it, this worked better as it was more rigid. then placed the original accelerator cable through it and taped it to the new cable and then pulled everything through. I noticed that the pipe in the engine has been cut down, so I will look to replace this in the next week or so. I think this could have been the caused why the cable had snapped originally.
Thanks. I will be at the Ramsey classic car show with my van and a bike on 20th May. Cheers Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk