RE: Another wonderful(not) Audi defect

["Frank J. Bauer" <frankbauer@thevine.net>]

At 11:18 AM 11/19/98 -0800, Buchholz, Steven wrote:
>While I'm talking about this area let me pass along another little trick.
>Not long after I bought the '88 5kCSQA we were driving along and the
>throttle cable broke ... with the point of failure being right at the point
>where the cable hits the crank on the throttle body.  What I did was to
>attach the stub of the cable to the ball joint end of the C/C rod using a
>small hose clamp.  With this fix I managed to get the car home ...

this reminds me...
i just replaced my throttle cable.
anyone with a 150K mile car should do the same.
it can be done with 2 or 3 hand tools in 5-10 minutes, most of that r&r'ing
trim pieces.
my cable was a few strands from failure at the same point described by steve.
doing the roadside mechanic thing is rarely fun, convenient or safe.

frank