RE: Another wonderful(not) Audi defect

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

	perhaps cable lube kits (available for motorcycles)
	would prolong the life?  there might be a reason not
	to use this stuff on cars/audis, and if so i am sure
	someone will pipe up.

On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Frank J. Bauer wrote:

:|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
:|


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