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Old 31st August 2009, 09:53 PM
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Default Clutch Cable Adjustment

I was making up my pedals today when I realised the Sierra clutch cable doesn't have an adjuster. Has anyone any cunning ideas on how to adjust?

I know older Fords, Escort MK2 etc had an adjuster on the cable and it adjusted down at the bell housing. But I'm not sure of the length.


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Old 31st August 2009, 10:01 PM
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I'd possibly look for an old escort or cortina cable

Edit: I've been told by a friend that the tone of the above is a tad sarcastic, that was not my intention at all. I recall that my cortina had an adjustable cable and thought it might be an alternative to the escort which would certainly do the job.
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Old 31st August 2009, 11:05 PM
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I got a mk1 or mk2 Capri cable from ebay, only about a fiver and really short, it has an adjuster and is perfect length with an eyelet on the pedal end, almost could have been made for the job!
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Old 31st August 2009, 11:32 PM
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Sounds useful drury, I'll have a look on ebay also, I'm at that stage of setting up my pedal box as well.
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Old 1st September 2009, 09:27 AM
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Part no is MCC1056/QCC1056, mine was from someone like autoclearance or similar on ebay?, it may go straight on, or it may need the plastic housing from the pedal end removing to gain a small amount, it depends how long you have made the tube coming out of the pedal box if you see what I mean, other than that it is made for the job, Cheers, Dennis.
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Old 1st September 2009, 05:34 PM
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Hi,
Firstly Landlocked (I dont know your name) I didnt find your remark at all sarcastic and Im very sarcastic very often so I wouldnt worry if I were you.
secondly thats a good call on the clutch cable guys
thirdly it might well be a good idea for us as a forum to start a thread or pehaps a sticky in wich we can quote part nos and donor cars of the usefull generic parts we find that fit the car well so as to help future builders ???
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Old 1st September 2009, 05:49 PM
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Part no is MCC1056/QCC1056, mine was from someone like autoclearance or similar on ebay?, it may go straight on, or it may need the plastic housing from the pedal end removing to gain a small amount, it depends how long you have made the tube coming out of the pedal box if you see what I mean, other than that it is made for the job, Cheers, Dennis.
I bagged myself one of those this morning

It was funny that this thread turned up, I was looking into this very problem the other day & before I had comitted myself with the pedal box construction

Good idea Ray

Some usefull parts & numbers would be well handy for future reference
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Old 1st September 2009, 05:58 PM
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I decided I wanted to use the existing cables, so I came up with my own adjusters.

Basically I welded a nut to the tube coming out of the pedel box. Into this was screwed a bolt with a hole drilled through the middle of it for the cable to pass through. I then welded a tube to the head of the bolt to act as a retainer for the end of the existing cable. I also fitted the bolt with an extra nut to act as a lock nut.

Have a look at the attached pic to see what I mean.

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