Author Topic: NEEDED TODAY: mkI clutch cable, toronto (Read 4983 times)

BlackTieTD · « **on:** June 01, 2006, 11:45:43 am »

snapped my clutch cable this morning.
1982 rabbit diesel.
hoping someone in toronto area can help me out.
i'm at work where the 404 and 407 intersect (hwy 7 and leslie).
closest cable i can find is bramgate dealer in brampton, about 50km away.... too far to bus.

any help appreciated!

Red Rabbit · « **Reply #1 on:** June 01, 2006, 12:37:13 pm »

P.M sent

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #2 on:** June 01, 2006, 01:39:11 pm »

very gracious offer kevin but you're too far... can't ask you to do that! i'm gonna hop on a bus i think... i found a cable at precision, they aren't too far away.

gotta love the vw community, always willing to help each other out!

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #3 on:** June 01, 2006, 04:38:01 pm »

big thanks to precision tuning! had the parts in stock and even helped me install. they're located by york university. highly recommended -- perjad is great to deal with!

vwmike · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2006, 06:06:14 pm »

Are clutch cables really that hard to get there? I'm a little surprised. There are numerous shops around here within 20 miles that would have that in stock.

Red Rabbit · « **Reply #5 on:** June 02, 2006, 04:17:25 am »

There are lots of places within 20 miles of where Black Tie is to get that part, but the problem is getting there. You have to live in/around southern Ontario to understand that traffic congestion is absolutly awful, and to travel 20 miles (without a car, like B.T), just fugedaboutit.....Rush hour is from 5 A.M. to just after the bars close..... :lol:

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #6 on:** June 02, 2006, 06:03:53 am »

haha he's got it!

all the dealers around don't stock mkI stuff... don't know if that's because most people up here have money for a 'better car' or just that they are old now... i would think it would be the same clutch cable all the way up to 1993 cabrio :?:

..and i was told that canadian tire / partsource (our two main parts chains, common parts supply) has the part as discontinued in their system.

closest one i could find IN STOCK was 50km away, with about 5 or 10 shops that could have had it for me at 8am this morning... but i wanted to fix it after work yesterday.

which i did, thanks to perjad at precision. he's about 15km down the 407 (express toll highway, less traffic) and i was able to get a lift. he's a small tuner shop and he stocks more mkI stuff than the dealer or cdn tire... great dedication to the old dubs!

seems stupid such a hassle for a clutch cable, i know... especially when you have two in your parts storage :roll:

vwmike · « **Reply #7 on:** June 02, 2006, 10:26:57 am »

I understand about the traffic. It is absolutely terrible around Seattle. I try and pick my driving schedule carefully as there is a window from about noon to 1:30 when traffic isn't stopped on 405. After 6:30 or so it also clears up but during the day it's really bad. It is stop and go for many miles and it can take hours depending on where you're going.

BlackTieTD · « **Reply #8 on:** June 02, 2006, 12:19:48 pm »

i'm rushing to get out of the office... its 3:20 and the insanity has already begun out there on my 110km route home!! hope the clutch cable holds up in all that 1st/2nd stop and go :lol: