One of the ways in which our cables regularly fail is when water gets between the sheath and the cable itself. In that somewhat closed environment, the cable rusts and then the cable no longer moves. Similarly, water can get into the cable assembly and freeze. Similar result although temporary.

The initial failure point on these cables is often the rubber seals at the ends. Any home-built solution needs to address this issue.

Jim Paget
88 YJ with a few changes

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