Date:         Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:16:30 -0500
Reply-To:     Bob O Shaughnessy <vanagon@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
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From:         Bob O Shaughnessy <vanagon@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Busted Shifter?  Tis the Season!
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    Ken, Great idea!  A life-saver for sure.

    I'd also highly recommend replacing your older accelerator cables too if
you have them.  It is *not* fun when you get stuck at full throttle!  Most
newer replacement cables have Teflon coated cables inside the tube, so even
if water gets in the tube and freezes, the cable should slide free.

    Other fun cold weather items are brake slave cylinders with worn rubber
seals that work fine until they contract in the cold weather and pop out and
leak.

    On that same vein, one of the worst things to have to replace in the
dead of winter is a clutch slave cylinder, way up on the top of the tranny.
Replace that when you do the brakes, and be sure to flush *both* systems.


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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
vanagon@columbus.rr.com
99 A3 Jetta TDI
85GL with basic Westy interior
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 Cat, 98 Kid, 00 Kid, 01 Dog
25 House