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Title: Clutch cable problems
Post by: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 18:58

Help!!
After the clutch cable giving up(the plastic end at the pedal)i bought a replacement from a local motor factors,
I checked the length on the original and the cable iternal was about 15mm longer but i put this down to the old one stretching?
I then fitted it anyway but now the car selects all gears but won't move(no biting point) now i'm thinking is this the correct cable for the car or not? :cry:

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 19:01

OOps it's a mk2 16v 92 on a k plate :embarassed:

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: cняis on 31 March 2010, 19:04

does the 16v have an auto-adjusting cable or manual adjust? if its manual adjust it needs.... errr adjusting!  :smiley:

couldnt they cross the numbers off the old cable?

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 19:17

It's one of those daft self adjusting ones and up until now i had no reason to think it's not the correct one for the car.

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: cняis on 31 March 2010, 19:32

take it back to the motor factors along with the orginal (or at least the part number on it) and get them to sort another one!!

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: dan_apps on 31 March 2010, 20:26

i went for the manual adjusting one for this reason. bloody nightmare to mess about with the autos are.

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: Neo Badness on 31 March 2010, 20:46

Quote from: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 19:17

It's one of those daft self adjusting ones and up until now i had no reason to think it's not the correct one for the car.

Auto adjusting cables take a fair few pumps of the pedal to adjust. As far as I gather they changed to auto adjusting 16v 89(ish). Had changed mine as old one was slipping took it out for a spin, no massive improvement :evil: few miles later it was working properly :smiley:

Provided it was fitted correctly first time round and you just did reversal of removal when fitting shouldn't be an issue.

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 20:56

I'll try and give it plenty pumpin in the morning.. :grin:if that doesn't work back to the factors it'll go :laugh:

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: Neo Badness on 31 March 2010, 21:07

Quote from: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 20:56

I'll try and give it plenty pumpin in the morning.. :grin:if that doesn't work back to the factors it'll go :laugh:

Sounds like a plan. Just make sure you don't go blind :wink:

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 21:20

Ha Ha i won't be pumpin at the factors like!! :laugh:

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: Neo Badness on 01 April 2010, 19:55

Quote from: mikehorne on 31 March 2010, 21:20

Ha Ha i won't be pumpin at the factors like!! :laugh:

Yes, they seem to take a dim view of that.

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: mikehorne on 03 April 2010, 16:46

Fitted new cable today and it works  :smiley: but i've only got about 2-3" of clutch(it's almost on the floor)
I take it i need to pump it more and the self adjusting clutch will er-em self adjust??

Title: Re: Clutch cable problems
Post by: Neo Badness on 03 April 2010, 16:48

Quote from: mikehorne on 03 April 2010, 16:46

Fitted new cable today and it works  :smiley: but i've only got about 2-3" of clutch(it's almost on the floor)
I take it i need to pump it more and the self adjusting clutch will er-em self adjust??

Pump it byatch... :grin:

hopefully that'll sort it.