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Subject: Re: Oddities
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 18:18:42 +0100
In article <20020512.115917.-969311.2.gjdurham@juno.com>, gary durham 
<gjdurham@juno.com> writes

>See, the difficulty is that it's been
>pre-assembled, so the connectors are attached at each end, thus
>preventing it from being 'slid' into the shaft.  As such, there's no way
>in which I can see to use it, UNLESS I cut the wire, then fit it, then
>solder it.
>
>This appears rediculous.  Why would I purchase (taking the easy way out),
>only to then have to CUT it, and then repair it myself, anyway?

Have you ever bought a replacement speedo drive cable?   Same problem. 
You can't get the pre-assembled cable through the grommet in the 
firewall without removing the connection from one end.   Just how common 
is this??

ATB

-- 
Mike
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea"
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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