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Clutch cable nightmare please help!

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 5:44 pm
by Retro Llarma
hi i called up vw heritage and told them i wanted a clutch cable for a 1980 mk1 Scirrocco Storm with a injection engine and provided me with the below item. after being in the garage for quote some time this cable is to short!! :shock:

https://www.vwheritage.com/shop/1727213 ... r-rhd-k-j/

any ideas which cable i need? vw heritage state 1 carburetor cable which is longer but i dont now if that one would fit?? Please help :/ is it to do with it being a 53B or what ever the other code is?
if some one can link me to a cable that would fit id be very grateful!

Re: Clutch cable nightmare please help!

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 8:56 pm
by Retro Llarma
can some one let me know if a Part No: 532 721 335J only comes in one size? thanks

Re: Clutch cable nightmare please help!

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:04 pm
by mark1gls
This website is saying it should be 1490mm
http://www.partsbase.org/vw/scirocco-sc ... l-gearbox/

Re: Clutch cable nightmare please help!

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:19 pm
by mark1gls
See my post in running gear technical help for a first line clutch cable from Amazon, don't know if it fits the mk1?

Re: Clutch cable nightmare please help!

Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2015 3:17 pm
by Retro Llarma
mark1gls wrote:This website is saying it should be 1490mm
http://www.partsbase.org/vw/scirocco-sc ... l-gearbox/

thanks never new such hassle over a cable!! on the v heritage site it lists the 532 721 335 J as a 1216mm cable which is 200mm to short!! :? :? not buying from them again

Re: Clutch cable nightmare please help!

Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 7:37 pm
by Blueshark
Retro Llarma wrote:
mark1gls wrote:This website is saying it should be 1490mm
http://www.partsbase.org/vw/scirocco-sc ... l-gearbox/

thanks never new such hassle over a cable!! on the v heritage site it lists the 532 721 335 J as a 1216mm cable which is 200mm to short!! :? :? not buying from them again
The short cable is for a 1.5 or 1.6 engine and indeed to short for the 1.8 engines.

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