Thanks for the validation. I presume you mean "housing" when you say "cable". So when you used a hammer and a small screwdriver, you "cut" into the cap so you could push part of the metal into the housing to create the crimping? Didn't this warp the cap?

This is what I did and the housing did not get warped. Just be careful. Getting the cap off was more difficult and the drilling made it very simple. GL

Corrected the problem by pulling the cable out of the housing and cutting out a 3/10 inch section of the housing. I spliced it back together by placing a piece of snug-fit clear plastic tubing around the two housing sections and using small hose clamps to secure in place. Works great and cost me about $2 instead of $285 for a new cable, that probably would have been too short anyhow.