That model L really looked like it was in nice shape from the eBay pictures. Hard to find them without a lot of scratches and dents and paint scuffs these days.
Long long ago, over 25 years ago, I almost opened up the end of a pigtail hose to see how the pigtail was connected. Looking at mine I can see the inside of the metal cuff is pressure fit clamped by a special machine They have in the factory. That would have to be removed first then the outer metal cuff would slide off allowing the pigtail wires base to slide out of the plastic frame. The concept here in this thinking it to see if there is some way to literally reuse the pigtail hose ends from dead hoses onto a rubberized electric hose with no end.
