Goodfella

Well, I don't know what they did as all the fittings (guide arm, rubber sheath, bolt end etc) were still exactly the same as before when I took the bike in, including one of the two securing nuts still missing (at engine end). Anyway, they ordered a proper cable and I collected it today, all shiny and new, as it should have been when they did the job.

Fitted it myself, much better now.