The Lincoln had different size cables running to
each caliper. One long and one short. The Gran Torino
was set up with two equal size cables. The shorter
Lincoln cable was almost the same length as each
of the Gran Torino cables. We needed an additional
short cable from another Mark series car with disc
brakes. Fortunately, there were two in the yard
so we acquired the second cable. |
The cable on the left is
one of the Gran Torino cables, it is meant to mount
to the drum backing plate. The Lincoln cable mounts
to the axle housing just above the shock.
Even though they were
nearly the same length, the Gran Torino cable would
not work. |
The shorter Lincoln cables
were still a little long to fit the intermediate
frame of the Gran Torino.
Again, the Gran Torino cable is shown
on the left. With a little modification
to two short Lincoln cables we made them fit. |
We cut down both the short Lincoln cables to match
the length of the original Gran Torino cables. |
Obviously, cutting down the
cables meant we would lose the ferrules. We opted
for the quick and dirty route. This nut was about
the same diameter as the ferrule. We planned to
simply weld one to each cable after giving them
a quick wire brushing. |
We also wire brushed both cable ends to ensure a
strong hold. |
A little crude but the welds
were strong and made both cables as functional as
stock.
|
We attached the parking brake cable brackets to
the back each caliper. This is a view of the rear
driver side caliper. We had pulled the brackets
from the original calipers we ditched at the salvage
yard. |
We threaded the caliper end of the parking brake
cables through holes on the shock mounting brackets. |
More hardware we were sure to keep from our original
salvage yard trip. These clips secure the parking
brake cable to the frame and shock mounting bracket.
We needed a total of four, two for each cable. |
The shortened parking brake cables were now installed
and ready to be connected to the main cables. |
 We
tested the parking brake to confirm our welds would
hold and activate the caliper pistons for a secure
brake. |
