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Permalink Reply by John Burns on January 5, 2016 at 11:07am

Did a quick search and page 18 of this catalog  Control Products Catalog seems to show them.  They look like a connection I have seen on control cables for trucks before.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Spencer on January 6, 2016 at 7:41am

I usually make my own with a AN3 or AN4 bolt with the cotter pin hole...run a fiber lok nut down the threads, insert the cable thru the cotter key hole, then back the nut out against the cable. Many variations possible with the same basic principle to fit the application you're working on. Can also thread a small tube, drill a hole in it, insert the cable in the hole and run a bolt down the tube against the cable. etc etc

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Permalink Reply by Todd Scruton on January 6, 2016 at 7:44pm

I like those big tailed Stinsons. . . .

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Permalink Reply by Bob Pustell on January 7, 2016 at 4:58pm

My 1947 Stinson 108-2 has a homemade connector on the mixture arm using a drilled shaft AN bolt, the hole is drilled near the end of the threaded area and a washer and nyloc nut are clamped down hard on the cable where it goes through the hole. The unthreaded section of the bolt (closest to the head of the bolt) provides a surface to ride in the hole in the mixture control arm. There is a flat washer under the head of the bolt and between the cable and the mixture arm (in other words, a flat washer on each side of the mixture arm). I have owned the plane for over a decade and it came to me with that attachment method, don't know how long it was used before I had the plane. Still works great.

However, if you want a "bug nut" on the cable end, try Van's Aircraft, the folks who manufacture the RV line of homebuilt aircraft. They sell lots of nicely made parts that can be used in many homebuilt aircraft and can also be used in certified planes if you make sure it is a suitable part. Here is their cable end "bug nut".... https://www.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?ident=1452206902-116...

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Permalink Reply by John Austin on January 7, 2016 at 9:08pm

The Stinson had a connector exactly as you have on yours - it was just too beat-up and bent to reuse. My friend tried drilling an AN-3 bolt to make another but has mostly just broken a bunch of drill bits! :>(

Spruce sells a drilled bolt for the same use and it is very inexpensive (50 cents! What can you get for 50 cents any more?) so we've ordered a couple and see if they'll work. If not, the Van's part looks like it will work if the shaft on the nut is 3/16".

Thanks,

John

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Permalink Reply by Ronald J Stamschror on July 18, 2016 at 11:17pm

John, What did you end up doing? Wondering if you purchased one from Van's and if it has a3/16" shaft? I need one for my parking brake valve. Thanks, Ron

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Permalink Reply by Bob Pustell on January 9, 2016 at 5:00pm

Glad to help, John. Anything for a fellow Zenith and Stinson person!

By the way, I bid on your Relief Band on Ebay for my Daughter to try, she gets airsick very easily. We'll see if I win the auction and if it helps her.

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Permalink Reply by John Austin on January 9, 2016 at 8:35pm

Thanks for bidding and good luck!

John

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