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I am putting back together a 57 longbridge 100-6, and trying to put a reproduction cable on the top stud of the left hinge. The problem I am having is the stud is about 3/8 inch long and the cable eyelet is about 1/4 inch thick. I can only grab about 1 thread of the stud with the eyelet in place. As it is, without the cable eyelet on, if I tighten the nut on the hinge stud, it is flush once tightened all the way down. The hinges are repros from Moss, and the cable is repro from Moss. I dug out the original hinges and the studs are the same length. The only way I can see it working is if that one stud was 1/4 inch longer or the cable eyelet was a LOT thinner. I have seen pictures of other trunk lids and about half the ones I see don't have any cable installed. Any opinions on what I should do? Should I just not use a cable?
Thanks
Jim
Thanks
Jim