Thread: clutch cable.

Welp. She just snapped on me on the highway. Attempting roadside repair...

This is not going well. If anyone can help me in beaverton today I will pay you and hug you.

So in addition to the cable snapping, I found broken black plastic pieces and it looks like it might be the piece in the firewall hole? Good news or bad news?

Sorry to tell you...but probably bad news

If it's the piece I'm thinking of, that's the piece that holds the clutch cable between the firewall and inside of the car. As long as it's totally not broken you may be able to still get home or you can try and just place it back up there.

Taking the clutch cable off should be an easy job. Get down low, put your arm under there and feel around the clutch pedal. Get really to the top of the clutch pedal. You should feel a hook. You need to unlatch the clutch cable from that hook. It's a lot easier w/the cable already off the clutch arm in the engine bay and as your cable snapped this should be the case. Installation is reverse of removal.

-G

Thanks. I got the hooks off both ends but the cable is stuck under the air intake. How is it attached there?

I really hope you're still not out there trying to do this, but I believe you just slide it out towards the driver side. There's a groove it slides into.

It took a good 3.5 hours but I got it done. Thanks for your help.

Holy shit I would not describe any part of that process as easy. New one feels great though. Broken plastic piece ended up not being important. I don't have a clip on the tranny side hook but its working good for now.

Well, it's probably easier when you're not stranded on the road and stressed. I can have a clutch cable off in 10 minutes.

-G