Q: Car not starting

asked by on February 25, 2017

I just bought a 1990 BMW e30 and the car is not starting and no throttle is being put out even though when I hand throttle the car from the engine and turn the key the car starts, the throttle cable seems to be in tact but a cable that I can not identify is snapped and I believe that is the issue
My car has a manual transmission.

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