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    The door pull cable from the interior handle to the lock has broken. I seem to remember I used a cable from a Fiesta Mk1 2door model. Has anyone got an idea of where to get a replacement, I've spend half a day doing Google searches without any success.

  • #2
    Re: Door lock Pull Cable

    Several types listed on eBay as Fiesta door lock cable. My guess is that you will find one there.
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    • #3
      Re: Door lock Pull Cable

      Thanks Steve, but all the cables listed are for Mk5 and Mk6 Fiestas. Been there and bought one, the ends are different. Also mostly for 5 door models and the cable isn't long enough, the 2 door model has longer doors.

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      • #4
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        I did have 2 from i believe were Sierra rear doors . Both went to a member on here who went under 'Peterboat'. I know he only needed one so may still have another if you can contact him somehow.

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        • #5
          Re: Door lock Pull Cable

          Couldn't you make a replacement using a bicycle brake cable and a couple of solder-less nipples or similar?
          Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!

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          • #6
            Re: Door lock Pull Cable

            Hi Ben,
            that is my plan B. I had bought a Mk6 door cable before I realised the fittings had changed so to test the theory bike cable theory I made a prototype using it. Major problem is the fittings at either end need to be grafted onto the bike brake cable. It resulted in a hideous bodge at the join, although it would be out of sight inside the door.
            Chris

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            • #7
              Re: Door lock Pull Cable

              Hi Chris

              With regard to the cycle cable adaptation . As you have mentioned its unseen inside the door,
              have you tried using the brass 2 screw part from inside a plastic insulated cable block?
              These are available in 2 sizes for different diameter wires, in case the most common size isn't big enough.

              However,if you have to use the barrel part to locate inside the lock, cut it of with side cutters , drill a hole the size of the cable you have and then affix the barrel using the brass bit with 2 screws removed from the wire joining connector block on the end.

              The Ford Puma interior door release cable may be suitable as it shares parts with the fiesta Mk4 2 door.

              Contact someone who is breaking those cars and ask them to measure it for you. you maybe lucky and its the correct length.

              Otherwise as Ben says, solder the end on using a blowlamp to heat it.
              Last edited by Ye Ol Ripper; 28-06-20, 11:01 AM.

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              • #8
                Re: Door lock Pull Cable

                Could you maybe send all the broken one to Speedy Cables in Cardiff together with the required length of the new one?

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                • #9
                  Re: Door lock Pull Cable

                  Ye Old Ripper:
                  Photo of my prototype bodge:
                  cable.jpg
                  Plan was to make the end lengths adjustable using the threaded spacers.

                  Bill: Good idea, I filled out a contact form yesterday...
                  Last edited by chris_cussen; 28-06-20, 02:13 PM.

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                  • #10
                    Re: Door lock Pull Cable

                    Hi Chris.
                    The brass bit with the 2 screws is the part I was referring to in your photo, I have used them many times without them slipping on the cable.

                    That contraption seems over complicated, all that extra weight will be slowing your car down and may rattle travelling over the ruts and bumps in the road

                    Am I correct in assuming that by adjusting the threads it changes the length/tension of the outer cable?

                    Personally if you drilled the hole in the broken barrel shaped part at say 90 deg "around the clock face" so assuming the broken cable bit in it is at 12 o'clock and you then drill the new hole from 3 o'clock through to 9 o'clock . This line of thought is to avoid trying to drill out the existing cable as it will be hard to do and the drill bits fragile due to it's diameter and will probably skip and break.

                    I still think the Puma or MK4 Fiesta cable has a good chance of being the same as the earlier Fiesta you previously used.

                    Which ever solution you finally go for.
                    Make sure that you do not fit the cable to the car dry.
                    The best stuff to use including your throttle cable & handbrake cable is spray grease that comes in an Aerosol can and is sold as chain spray by Toolstation. If you use a WD40 straw the can will last you years. It is liquid grease that will stay inside the casing and will prevent it wearing out unlike WD40 which evaporates or 3 in 1, which will dry out over time.

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                    • #11
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                      Ye Ol Ripper.
                      Thanks for the advice, I have frequently been accused of over engineering a solution.
                      Yes I intended to make the length adjustable. If I have to go down this route then I will probably use only one length of stud and not two although the gap between the two ends will be bigger to allow the cable to move the required amount to open the door.
                      So far I have:
                      a) Ordered two Escort cables (Hoping they are long enough and of a suitable vintage with the correct ends.)
                      b) Ordered one Puma cable (I have a suspicion the ends might be wrong...)
                      c) Been in conatct with an ex-Marlin owner who has two cables from a sierra that he is going to send me for the cost of the postage.

                      The original problem with the cables is that the outer sheath is made of plastic and has become brittle and broken, When it broke the inner kinked and despite my attempts to make a splint it does not run freely anymore.
                      Last edited by chris_cussen; 30-06-20, 08:45 AM.

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                      • #12
                        Re: Door lock Pull Cable

                        Hi Chris
                        Just a thought, if you use a cable and outer sleeve a touch longer than you had previously would you then be able to run a larger curve, perhaps cable tying the outer cable to the inside of the door somehow?
                        It might make the door release smoother and the cable also last longer too.

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                        • #13
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                          Funnily enough I think the problem is that the cable was a bit too long and it was difficult to get it into a realtively smooth shape. The standard Sierra door cable was just too short and only the 2 door fiesta seemed long enough. The plastic outer was inflexible and as it aged I think that is why it cracked and broke.
                          I've also had a reply from speedy cable who could make one up give mine as patterns.
                          So loads of alternatives.....

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                          • #14
                            Re: Door lock Pull Cable

                            Out of interest, what interior door handles are people using? My car is missing them and there is a fairly long cable arrangement in the door cavity. The shape of the hole on the door looks very familiar as a sort of pointy rectangular shape.

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                            • #15
                              Re: Door lock Pull Cable

                              I seem to remember that the ones I used came from the donor Sierra.

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