[DeTomaso] hood release cable source

[SOBill at aol.com]

Mile,
 
Ah, you are so right. I was thinking of the emergency  release.
 
The bike shop will have what is needed.
 
 
SOBill  Taylor
sobill at aol.com  

 
In a message dated 12/27/2007 6:01:55 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, MikeLDrew  
writes:


In a message dated  12/27/07 15 58 23, SOBill at aol.com writes:




You can get stainless steel wire at most any hardware  store as well  as the
ferrules used to form the loops or handles.  The ferrules are made of  
aluminum
and can be formed (crushed) with  slip joint pliers.




That's fine for making a back-up emergency  release.  But the original cable 
is really nothing more than a bicycle  cable, which is rather different in 
character from most of the wire typically  found at hardware stores.

Is the problem simply that the ends of your  existing wire have conked out?  
Assuming you still have the sheath, you  can buy replacement cable at any GOOD 
bicycle store.  But hardware store  wire might work just as well in this 
application?

Now, if you literally  have nothing at all, then the bicycle shop is the only 
way to go--they sell  the sheath, crimped-on ends and wire and you can make 
whatever you need  there.

Mike


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