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Postby dick » Wed Jan 24, 2018 7:15 pm

hello, can someone please confirm which length cable i should buy, 1275 mm or 1495mm checked various suppliers and both are compatible, would the longer one have any obvious drawbacks??? cheers
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Re: clutch cable

Postby Chug » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:19 am

When I've done clutch cables in the past the only difference was at the pedal end, whether it has an adjuster thread, or a self adjusting end. I don't think the longer length will be a problem, but others may know different.
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Re: clutch cable

Postby MinorMatt » Thu Jan 25, 2018 3:48 pm

I've never looked at the length - just fit it.

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Re: clutch cable

Postby V184 » Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:09 pm

would the longer one be for left hand drive ?
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Re: clutch cable

Postby gotgcoalman » Thu Jan 25, 2018 8:05 pm

Mk5 with manual adjuster. Dug my spare from behind the seat. £11 of fleabay. Q&H from a motor factor is about £20.
So 1275 mm.Image

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Re: clutch cable

Postby V184 » Thu Jan 25, 2018 10:41 pm

How much is a genuine one ?
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Re: clutch cable

Postby gotgcoalman » Fri Jan 26, 2018 12:04 am

V184 wrote:How much is a genuine one ?


FORD 1?
This is a rough guess.
2x the price of a decent aftermarket one.
probably the same cable with ford stamped on though :?
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Re: clutch cable

Postby dick » Fri Jan 26, 2018 11:27 pm

cheers all, now sorted
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Re: clutch cable

Postby kumarsan » Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:35 am

you can try both 1275 mm or 1495 mm, but make sure it will fit correctly.
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Re: clutch cable

Postby j6393 » Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:28 am

Clutch cable on my 1998 2.5TD went yesterday and I was lucky enough to be able to get the manual adjusted one in Australia but before I start, is there a "how to" for this job as I don't want to gget caught up half way through the replacement.
Should be fairly easy but I would like to know first and can't find anything in Haynes or on the TIS disk for 1998 models.
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Re: clutch cable

Postby Fo-Banshee » Sat Sep 14, 2019 7:28 pm

I changed mine a couple of weeks ago and it was fairly easy. Clutch fork on the gearbox end is straight forward. Pedal end if its the manual adjuster is easy also once you flip the piece where the cable fits up on the pedal so you can slot in the squared end into the adjuster and then just flip it back. Don't know how to load pics unfortunately as I took one of the pedal.
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Re: clutch cable

Postby Bruce e » Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:24 am

I did mine last week and discovered it was auto adjustment and the parts van was manual. Real easy to swap the pedals just take off the retainer clip and the pedal comes off with a squeeze past the fire wall

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