Call me dumb or just slow I guess.I have read Hastings web site 100 times.I have 2 manuals,but I can't find info on a new cable installed,what do you do with the brass nut and threaded piece at engine end.I understand the distance from the brass end to the connection hole but don't know what to do with that threaded piece and nut.Also do you connect cable at drive end first and then the engine end or the otherway around.I sure don't want to mess this up,and there is no body in my city that knows a thing about OMC,other then yea,they are out of business.