Floppy accelerator - disintegrated rubber
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Floppy accelerator - disintegrated rubber
Got there OK, did the biz with his motor, the brakes and shocks look almost interchangable with MK1/11 Golfs in design 8O
Set off home and within half a mile the accelerator pedal dropped to the floor leaving the engine just idling. This could have been a disaster in the wrong place at the wrong time but the spannering gods must have been smiling on me for helping a mate with a rusty Austin-Rover.
It happend at the bottom of a steep hill, there was no other traffic about and an empty car park just across the road . I let it roll across and parked up . It had finally stopped raining and I had a boot full of tools
Turns out the hook at the pedal end had come out because the red rubber bush that holds it had disintegrated and crumbled to pieces. I fixed it with a slice of fuel hose and cable tie and it got me home.
There was no warning of it happenin so may I suggest its an idea to stick you head up the foot well and check your rubber. :wink:
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This is the 10p peice of rubber I've just paid ?5.21 for 8O. The red blob is the only remains of the original that still exists……
1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)
1983 1100 C
1983 1100 C
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1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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1981 1600 GTI (coming to a road near you soon…)
1983 1100 C
1983 1100 C
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I was lucky in the fact when it poped out still enough to put it back together so it held to get me home. Peddle just dropped to the floor and couldnt do anything. Part nos up in the post and still available from VW.
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However, I bought mine from Crazyquiff - slightly cheaper than VW and just as good quality.
I do agree it's really expensive for what it is - can the man at Crazy quiff explain why????
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They are priced at a massive 50p!!!
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Any ideas?
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1983 Mars Red 1.8 Golf GTI
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
The trouble with doing nothing is that you never know when you are finished.
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Dubboy, I am now aware of a circlip thanks to Google, but I don't understand how I'd use it with the wire. Can you get them that small? The end of the cable is a bit like a large pin head - just a tiny bit bigger than the cable itself.
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https://www.justaircooled.co.uk/images/T/CAMPER%20BEETLE%20PARTS%20C%20CLIP.jpg
When put under the pin head it will stop it pulling through the bush.
Not too sure where you'd get one from….maybe Maplins?
And yes you can get very small ones.
Mine went and when replaced it stayed attached fine without one, but the end of my cable is bent over at 90 degs and has a bit of a bobble on the end to stop it pulling back through the rubber bush too easily.
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