SOS cable update

(quoted from post at 10:27:13 01/24/23) After emails back and forth, and various
pictures, here's what the contact at the
company in England had to say:
We can supply the spiral inner core no
problem, but we wouldn't be able to do
anything with the hook ends. This is
something we couldn't supply.

So I'm back to looking for a company that
would be willing to make the cables, or a
good used set for a 5200.

Do you think a one piece cable, with a
flexible sheath, rather than the rigid
conduit would work? The sheath would have
to have the proper ends to attach where
the conduit normally goes, and would have
to be the right length, of course. Would
that possibly work?

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(quoted from post at 15:38:09 01/24/23)

(quoted from post at 10:27:13 01/24/23) After emails back and forth, and various
pictures, here's what the contact at the
company in England had to say:
We can supply the spiral inner core no
problem, but we wouldn't be able to do
anything with the hook ends. This is
something we couldn't supply.

So I'm back to looking for a company that
would be willing to make the cables, or a
good used set for a 5200.

Do you think a one piece cable, with a
flexible sheath, rather than the rigid
conduit would work? The sheath would have
to have the proper ends to attach where
the conduit normally goes, and would have
to be the right length, of course. Would
that possibly work?

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There is a video on YouTube of a guy who welded his cable ends together. He then measures to set the cable up right. I bet you could do this with one long piece. You d have to thread it in correctly and just know you have enough in there. You can make a mark on the one piece cable at the length of the short cable, and figure out the measurement. Just screw it in until 2.75 inches were off the mark. Thread the cable back up the conduit and it should work?

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(quoted from post at 06:38:28 01/25/23)

(quoted from post at 15:38:09 01/24/23)

(quoted from post at 10:27:13 01/24/23) After emails back and forth, and various
pictures, here's what the contact at the
company in England had to say:
We can supply the spiral inner core no
problem, but we wouldn't be able to do
anything with the hook ends. This is
something we couldn't supply.

So I'm back to looking for a company that
would be willing to make the cables, or a
good used set for a 5200.

Do you think a one piece cable, with a
flexible sheath, rather than the rigid
conduit would work? The sheath would have
to have the proper ends to attach where
the conduit normally goes, and would have
to be the right length, of course. Would
that possibly work?

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There is a video on YouTube of a guy who welded his cable ends together. He then measures to set the cable up right. I bet you could do this with one long piece. You d have to thread it in correctly and just know you have enough in there. You can make a mark on the one piece cable at the length of the short cable, and figure out the measurement. Just screw it in until 2.75 inches were off the mark. Thread the cable back up the conduit and it should work?

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Sony, I have parts just up the road in NH.

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