<VV> Broken clutch cables and blond drivers (humor?)

[Louis C. Armer,Jr.]

It's not supposed to last very long............It's to allow you to 
use the clutch so you
don't endanger yourself and everyone else on the road by trying to 
shift the tranny
without a clutch while making your way to a safe place to park the 
Corvair !!! Duh.........:-) .

FrontMan
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At 06:51 AM 5/4/2006, you wrote:
>I think it broke right at the ball...which means that it would 
>probably have lasted longer if it had had some grease on it to begin 
>with...maintenance error.  I very vaguely remember that I did try 
>something like that as an extension to the cable...it didn't last very long.
>
>Mark Noakes
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "Mark Noakes" <mark at noakes.com>, "Virtual Vairs" 
> <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Broken clutch cables
> > Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 23:50:34 -0500
> >
> >
> > You probably could have gotten a small U clamp for $0.20 or less 
> and "patched" the
> > cable until a proper fix was affordable.
> >
> > Oh, put that in your travel box, too.
> >
> > Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.
> >
> > Later, JR

big snip
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