Heavy Clutch - Cable question

Well I had my car for a couple of weeks now and the clutch is very heavy. had a look at the cable and saw this



It's on a slant and if I lift the plastic cap up its worn into the alloy housing slighty, this is obvoiusly the cause, but were do i go from here. the adjustment thread is fully extended! I actully think its over extended are there any other adjustments to make on the cable?

I don't have haynes manual yet so please help, my leg is beginning to hurt  

Piece of cake to replace a clutch cable, just get a new one, thread the new one through into the compartment where the original one goes. Look under where the clutch pedal is and thread the new one onto where the old cable is (trickiest bit as it's abit tight for space under there).

Then go to the other side where the clutch cable fixed onto the clutch. There should be an arm where the cable threads through, take apart the attachment that holds the cable in place (remember the order the pieces stick together!) and thread the new one through.

I'll get some pictures of mine tommorow, make it abit clearer but it's about a 40 minute job if you don't have a clue what you're doing. First thing I did with my car once I bought it!

I have recently seen a guys mk1 were he had a v heavy clutch and it snapped the arm(where the cable connects) that operates the pressure plate. Has anyone ever seen this happen before. i was a bit shocked. 8O

Got good used cables if you want one  

Robb - your missing the support part for the clutch cable that stops it form bending over as it has done on yours. I can load up a piccie if your not sure what I mean. :wink:

So a new clutch cable then, are they prone to streaching? the photos would be excellent.

A second hand cable would be an option, how much are new ones?

I also wnat to get a haynes manual and and unsure which one covers my car fully as its a 1990 model and i understand some MK2 parts are on later mk1's.

Support part!, havn't a clue what this looks like, a picture would be great. When I was looking at it i couldn't work out  how it stayed up straight  :dontknow: