Don,
Thanks.
I only wish I had 7" of space - I just remeasured mine and have a hair under 4" allowing for the ferrules. I had no clue it was this close until yesterday when I took a break from wiring to set this throttle cable up. I've spent some time in the McMaster-Carr catalog and ordered some SS Heims and some SS rod. Guess I'll need to sell the cable now to pay for this new expenditure It should show up in the for sale threads in a few days