heh, jinxed myself --twice! Die wouldn't fit over the cable ball. So I took the cable out again, undid my duct tape and trimmed an inch off. figured why chance it, right? Wellllllllllllll .... lol, too much free length! Luckily i had an extra slotted barrel end with a slotted lock nut. I put that between the long straight housing barrel end and the spring tube and got back enough housing length to tighten the cable up to the point that the Forward position has no slop and the front and rear barrel adjusters are in deep enough.
Good lesson on the differences in these. If you use the spring loaded barrel lever, you have to get a cable with enough free length. The other type is more for your style of lever. I notice that none of the e-bay brake or lever kits have the cable to lever connector either.
Link to a 61 inch cable that works with the spring loaded barrel type lever
http://www.chineseatvonline.com/gear...t-p-12850.html