Changing the F125 - can it be easier?

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Originally Posted by steamship

When I measured them, I thought it might have been a case of 'lost in translation' when they were copying them, where someone measured to the end of the original cable, and the other person took that as meaning to the end of the connector.

I suspect something similar in that they measured the cable sleeve and then took that to include the connectors at both ends, i.e. from the F125 main body?
(Though according to MJ the short cables are because the Chinese only looked at the 5HP19 gearbox and the 5HP24 needs a longer cable)

Replacement bolts according to MJ are M4x20 socket button head screws, and M4 nyloc nuts, though as I've got some on hand I'm going to try some M4*16mm first which look to be just long enough - I'll report back.
It's easy enough to drill off the top end of the rivets, they're just aluminium and I did it with a hand drill for better control then pushed the rest through with an awl.

The "extension" cable is designed for use with headlights so usually sold in pairs; no idea why, but it must be a fairly common problem, maybe related to people upgrading to HID or LED?