have a look in the FAQ for changing clutch cable, its really not that hard of a job will only take an hour

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Cheers for the replies peeps, cars still not done, parts desk at the local Peugeot garage is only mon - fri so will have to wait till tomorrow.
Want a geniune pug part as i bought a Euro Car Parts fitting kit for the CAT last month and it was a total disaster. Bolt heads pulled through the manifold flange and caused me hours of f****ng headaches making 'recessed' washers. Still not happy with the end finish.

I take it, Lotek, you think an hour is slightly over enthusiastic?!

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I ordered mine from Pug on Monday night but had missed the order slot, so picking it up tonight hopefully.

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i done mine the other month took an hour and a half max,

air con pipes are the worst bit,i found seating the gromit to be quite easy, i took the gromit off the cable then seated it first then passed the cable through was much easier than faffing about with the whole thing.

anyway good luck

F****ng Hell!!

Well anyone that's done this job alone. I take my hat off to you.
In fact, I take my shoes, socks and boxers off too.
Actually f**k it.. I consider myself naked in appreciation.

What a b*****d job that is, I started last night about 8.30, ended up removing the battery box etc just to disconnect it from the gearbox as my hands wouldn't fit down the gap, and despite pushing the plastic clip in on the bracket to give me a little play in the aircon pipes (and I must stress the LITTLE part) I still couldn't find enough room to pull the tapered section that backs up to the bulkhead grommet clear. I must've moved every bloody pipe, hose and cable I could see, resulting in a lovely petrol smell filling the air. (Cant find any leaks, think I must've just disturbed one of the fuel lines) So after a good hour and a half of pushing, pulling, swearing, bleeding, head scratching, smoking and drinking coffee etc, I finally had the old one out.

I then made a cock up.

As my plastic clip at the pedal end was smashed, I had tied my runner wire around the cable itself. Without thinking, I did the same with the new one to pull it back through.
This meant that after a further 20+ minutes of p*****g about pushing the grommet and support back up behind the pipes, my wire was now trying to pull the cable through the bulkhead sideways.

It was getting on for midnight by this point, so I went home in a huff.

Came in nice and early this morning, managed to get the cable back out fairly quickly, re-tied my runner wire and got the cable back up behind the pipes, now just need another pair of hands to help as the clip still wont locate in the bulkhead correctly and if I continue alone I'm likely to put my fist through a window in rage. (Unlikely to be one of the windows on the car mind as I'm not in the mood to fix anything else.)

So that's my update. Hope it gives you a morning smile and if nothing else, serves to inform anyone that hasn't done this yet

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it dosent go through that there is a small hook on the top of the pedal i made the mistake of thinking that as well if you look right up the pedal you should see where it goes

I have to do mine again after getting the clutch replaced this week, only 4 or 5 weeks after doing it.

Metal coat hangers for the win I reckon.

Because I had my clutch replaced a few days ago and the pedal is now halfway to the floor - the cable has adjusted itself to the previous worn clutch.

Clutch place said they'll not look to do a 6 clutch again thank you very much!!

(I said to them it will probably need a new cable)

The cables self adjusting, so it will adjust to your new clutch, you might have to just fiddle with the cable/ mechanism to get it to retract and adjust again

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