Reply to "e-brake Cables"

Steve, thanks for the cable and conduit lengths, excellent info! Here are a few additional numbers on ebrake cable parts: For 2 light cars (with the Lotus Elan type hand brake) the front cable portion measures 122" and there is a 14.0" section of conduit that (I think) is not used on 4 light cars. All ebrake conduit (1 section in front, if fitted, and 2 at rear) is the same as on Panteras (11.1mm OD with the black plastic sheathing or 10.0mm OD 'core' only, and the core wire diameter is 1.8mm).

As for cable, Flanders Cable in CA has a good selection of metric cable, terminations, etc, and a good website. They do have 3mm material that matches original specs. Cable is sold by the foot or in 50' rolls, been happy with their prices & service. On the down side, last time I checked they had nothing above 9mm OD conduit (2mm under what deTomaso used), so still looking for something closer to the 11mm material. Wilkenson sells conduit for Panteras that is almost the right OD (measures 10.5mm) but it has a spiral wire outer wrap and an inner liner, which make it real stiff - if you bend it, it holds the bend rather than spring back straight. It must work fine on Pantera, not sure about the Goose. (I ordered 2 'long side' Pantera conduits from Wilkenson a few months back and that's what I got. At about 58" these were more than sufficient for a Goose re. length, not sure if the extra stiffness would hurt or help however.

I belive termination for the front cable (again, on a 2-light car) are steel cylinders measuring 7x7mm, brazed onto the cable. Terminations for the rear cable (deTomaso part 600711) remain a mystery, anybody have a photo of one of these devils?!

Regarding having the cable exposed under the chassis, is that normal for the front cable? I have seen one car with the front cable located in a long solid tube and it looked great....maybe that was a custom vice factory touch? (I surmise that the previous owner of my car did some wild off-road driving, at least once, which sculpted out the car's belly area real nice, and obliterated many of the finer OEM details in this area). Always seemed like the cable should be covered, somehow. At least on the 2 light cars this cable runs a long way; on mine it was teathered by three plastic cable clamps, which could only have come from Home Depot - none too elegant, but perhaps equivalent to factory style?

Hope this helps work towards a good solution, appreciate any thoughts/suggestions! Nate S