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  DIY Throttle Cable Fix

  By MR-3vz

  

  
  

  Well I had a fraying throttle cable that was getting hung up at times when backing off the throttle… After further inspection I noticed that the throttle cable was fraying and was getting caught up not letting the cable slide smoothly to close the throttle plate. Well after a call to “SATAN” I was quoted around 80 bux for about 1.5feet of throttle cable. A bit much if you ask me, and im sure I could do this for cheaper.

  Tags: fix, throttle cable

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• MK1

  Electrical Problems 101

  By Yikes, Canadam, NightRider88, Sam1

  

  
  

  1.  The alternator came with a plastic “hat” on the top post. If yours is gone, the wire harness will sit on the post and the post will dig into the wire harness. The result will be various malfunctions. It happened to me. The harness had a deep hole in it. I filled the hole [...]

  Tags: electric, electrical, fix, problems

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• MK1 • Windows

  Power Window Issues (Diagnosis)

  By TheAmazingDave

  

  
  

  It’s funny that everyone is quick to jump to the stripped motor gear replacement. While that’s usually the cause, it could also be the regulator gear that IS NOT replaceable. I would recommend you guys just don’t go spring out and get replacement gears. I took the advice to get twosrus gears, and after the [...]

  Tags: automatic windows, fix, power windows, problem

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• Body • MK1

  Sunroof Rattle

  By Eric Southers

  

  
  

  After living with the sunroof rattle ever since I got the car, decided to fix it today. It’s so easy, don’t know why I waited this long.   1) Remove the sunroof. Now you need to take the wind deflector out as one source of the rattle is here.   2) Remove the deflector c-clip [...]

  Tags: fix, install, rattle, remove, sunroof

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