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How do I reinstall the door latch pull cable?

I’ve got a 1993 E34 BMW 525i. The driver’s window wasn’t working, so I took things apart and fixed it. I’ve now got a new window motor installed and working great. However, in the process of taking things apart I broke the door pull cable. It was frayed and probably due to break soon anyway No big deal, I thought, a genuine new one was only $14: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A...

I’m finally to the phase of putting everything back together, and can’t for the life of me figure out how to install this cable. I need to get it hooked into the latch mechanism, and then get the other end attached to the handle on the door.

Door overview:

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Handle side:

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Lock side (sorry, hard to take a picture in here):

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Pull cable hook:

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Pull cable on door handle:

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Any ideas on how exactly this attaches? Let me know if there’s additional pictures I can take that make it easier to see what’s going on. Thanks!

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@luke take a look on here and see if step 8 explains where it goes

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Thanks for the link! Step 8 shows the end that I understand where it goes, what I'm trying to figure out is where exactly the other end of that cable attaches.

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