Handbrake routing

Having removed engine from the project + 2 for rebuild I now have a nice empty engine bay to do final sorting out before refit.

One question that I’d love an answer to is this.

The hand brake adjuster where it screws into the chassis near gearbox exits right inline with the 4 way brake union and fouls on the protruding brake switch.
The union is nailed onto the hole supplied in chassis but looks like it could do with moving either an inch up or down…I don’t really want to re drill a new galv chassis to acomplish this.

Should the outer h/brake cable pass under or over the switch? and does it enter car in hole next to steering column?

Why on earth did they put the switch inline with the adjuster as at present it’s awkward to screw it in.

Final point, does the outer cable/shroud just push against the bulkhead hole? ie its not physically attatched.

Thanks,

Kenny

Hi Kenny, the outer cable goes through the bulkhead and is clamped onto the end of the handbrake ‘lever’ with the pinch bolt that you can see on the photo’s I sent you a while back.
If the brake union is in the ‘wrong’ place,why not bolt a plate to the chassis and then bolt the union to that?

Cheers , Brian.

Good idea re. plate for union Brian. Just checked your pics and cable to h/brake is not that clear. Many thanks for the idea though. I will do that I think now. It’s a pig in its proper position.

Thanks,

Kenny