Clutch cable problems

[mikehorne]

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?

[mikehorne]

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

[cняis]

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

couldnt they cross the numbers off the old cable?

[mikehorne]

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.

[cняis]

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!!

[dan_apps]

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

[Neo Badness]

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 few miles later it was working properly

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

[mikehorne]

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

[Neo Badness]

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

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

[mikehorne]

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