yea aarcuda, that's what i did.

it's a shame that someone can't just buy a piece or couple of pieces to replace damaged or missing parts. you need to buy everything to make it work the way the reproduction was designed. OR modify parts to get it to work correctly.

the intermediate cable i bought didn't have the plate that the adjuster rod goes through. i had to pry my old one off and put it on the int. cable.

the ball ends were bigger, so i had to drill out the clips that attach the back cable to the int. cable.

and finally, because the cable was longer, i didn't think it was gonna fit. BUT i was able to put the adjuster rod in a different hole in the frame to make it work.

it works fine, but i guess i'm gonna lose points because of that