Parking Brake control cable. Here's something that actually went better than I expected ! I needed to figure out a mounting bracket so I could secure an adel clamp to the bowden cable for the parking brake. I went to Matco's website and loaded their engineering drawing For some dimensions and control lever travel. 9The lever needs to be brought back aprox 110 degrees in order to get it into the closed position. From this I was able to figure out the dimensions. I ended up with a simple bracket made of .062. I started with a piece 3 1/2 inched wide by 4 1/2 inches high. I bent it 09 degrees in the vice, making sure that the bend would allow the lower portion to be well below the control lever on the brake valve. To my surprise I had ordered a couple extra cable end "B" swivel nut some time ago and was able to locate one of them and installed it in the end of the brake valve lever. I had to make the bracket 2" wider than the brake valve in order to get the Bowden cable and clamp positioned far enough to move the cable into the closed region. I drilled to #12 holes .064" apart to match the Brake valve mounting holes and then used AN3 bolts to sandwich the bracket between the brake valve and the firewall mount. Got some rubber grommets from ACE and routed the cable through the lower portion of the upper firewall lfuse ribs. Cut the cable to final lengths and secured it w/ a DG3 clamp. Verified the operation and range. SWEET!
Control cable bracket mounted between valve and firewall
Cable routed through upper fwd fuse ribs
Puhsed full in completely closed, Pulled it hits the cable end as a stop
