Looks great.  What did you use to do the swedging?

That worked out real nice. I like your cable connectors.

That is sooooooo clean.  I think a little re-work is in store for mine.
Thanks for the links.

BB
 

Bullet Bob wrote:

That is sooooooo clean.  I think a little re-work is in store for mine.
Thanks for the links.

Hey yer welcome.

BB
 

jkordzi wrote:

I installed MS's rear brake kit, using 2014 Mustang GT brakes.  I finally got around to mating the original parking brake hardware to the new brakes.  These are the cables I used (BR3Z-2A635-B) which fit 2005-2014 Mustangs: http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-ford/br3z2a635b.  I used two, which I think are for the left rear.  Here's a picture of the one of the new cables near its new home:

I used the black plastic end at the caliper because it fit without modification and the other end almost fit the body brackets (just had to drill out the hole).  I also removed the bracket and moved it forward and also moved the foam sleeve forward.  Here's a picture of the installed cable, which I routed under the axle:

I used a couple of rubber-lined hold downs attached to the leaf spring brackets by a couple of bolts to hold the cables in place:

My car is an early 65 in which the parking brake cable is routed under the subframe.  I originally tried to use the stock outboard bracket, but it positioned the cable to far outboard and it contacted the tire:

To remedy this, I repurposed the bracket I removed from the new cable, attached to a stock hole in the subframe, which moved the cable more inboard so it cleared the tire:

Here's a picture showing the cable coming out of the subframe and going forward to the body bracket:

The new cables fit almost perfectly into the factory body brackets using the original clips - I just had to open up the holes in the body brackets a bit to 11/16".  I used the original cables after removing them from their original housings, retaining the forward ball end, and cutting them to length.  I swaged a new ball on the other end and made a couple of cable connectors:

The car isn't a runner yet so I can't really test it out, but it seems to work very well.

How did you go about making the connectors?  I really like what you did!  I guess I'm going to have to make a trip to HD.  When I had my 3" exhaust installed. The parking brake assembly had to be temporarily removed due to the cable clamps I was using.  This may just be the solution I need!!  Well done!
 

jkordzi wrote:

I installed MS's rear brake kit, using 2014 Mustang GT brakes.  I finally got around to mating the original parking brake hardware to the new brakes.  These are the cables I used (BR3Z-2A635-B) which fit 2005-2014 Mustangs: http://www.tascaparts.com/oe-ford/br3z2a635b.  I used two, which I think are for the left rear.  Here's a picture of the one of the new cables near its new home:

I used the black plastic end at the caliper because it fit without modification and the other end almost fit the body brackets (just had to drill out the hole).  I also removed the bracket and moved it forward and also moved the foam sleeve forward.  Here's a picture of the installed cable, which I routed under the axle:

I used a couple of rubber-lined hold downs attached to the leaf spring brackets by a couple of bolts to hold the cables in place:

My car is an early 65 in which the parking brake cable is routed under the subframe.  I originally tried to use the stock outboard bracket, but it positioned the cable to far outboard and it contacted the tire:

To remedy this, I repurposed the bracket I removed from the new cable, attached to a stock hole in the subframe, which moved the cable more inboard so it cleared the tire:

Here's a picture showing the cable coming out of the subframe and going forward to the body bracket:

The new cables fit almost perfectly into the factory body brackets using the original clips - I just had to open up the holes in the body brackets a bit to 11/16".  I used the original cables after removing them from their original housings, retaining the forward ball end, and cutting them to length.  I swaged a new ball on the other end and made a couple of cable connectors:

The car isn't a runner yet so I can't really test it out, but it seems to work very well.

 

On your third pic down where you used the insulated clamps to hold the cable, did you just drill through the leaf spring brackets?

Tnx!

Chaplin wrote:

I searched every salvage yard within 75 miles and not one of them had a 05-14 Mustang with the rear cables that I could grab the brackets off.

Some internet searching turned up these possible alternatives. I'm going to pick up one or both of these and use them to keep the cables off the wheels.

https://lmr.com/item/LRS-2530A-K/mustang-parking-brake-cable-guide-kit-94-04

https://www.blueovalindustries.com/br1380.html

If you're talking about the clamps that hold the parking brake cable onto the leaf spring pads, they're just rubber insulated cable clamps like this: https://www.homedepot.com/p/0-75-in-Rubber-Insulated-Cable-Clamp-2-Pack-PPR-1575/202875639

Recently I had the T5 out for a gear change/rebuild and so I took the opportunity to address a minor issue I was having with my E-brake setup:  In order to have enough play in the cables to be able to engage the pull handle more than a couple of clicks, my cables would have had to lie loose on my exhaust.  To remedy this, I made a couple of tabs that I pop riveted to the floor pan to which I connected springs.  The cables are held up out of the way by these springs.  When the E-brake handle is pulled, the springs stretch a bit as the cable go taut.  Below are a couple of pics.  The first is looking from the rear forward while the E-brake is engaged (spring stretched):

The second is the same, except the E-brake is not engaged. The spring is relaxed, but still holds the slack cable up and away:

The third is a close up of the bracket and spring while the E-brake is engaged:

Note my driveshaft is an aluminum one I got from an Explorer at the pick and pull and it's bigger in diameter that stock.  The E-brake cable misses it by about an inch but I'm thinking about welding extensions to the bracket that ties the two cables to the one that goes up to the handle to spread the cables out further.

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