Parking brake to body boot

[BrianO]

While doing my clutch, tranny, and parking brake cables, I noticed this boot was broken and I could see light which means air, exhaust, heat, etc, was coming through as well. I purchased this from 50resto, have not seen it anywhere else. the description says 87-93 and I assumed it would fit the SVO..well, I was wrong. I guess the earlier than 87 models have square holes while the 87-93 have oblong holes. See pictures.. I wasn't about to send it back and search again although I'm not sure if Ford still sells it for our cars.

Anyways, using the new one as a template I marked the pattern roughly on the sheetmetal and used my dremel to enlarge the hole to the new shape and size. I did a little at a time until it snapped into place.


Mustang 87-93 Boot, Front Parking Brake Cable To Body
[# LRS-2863A ] This is the boot that attaches to the transmission tunnel that the front parking brake cable goes through. This boot is includes with LRS-2603A.

this link was down this morning, but hopefully will work soon.
http://www.********************.com/...0%201&comp=LRS

Over all the part is good and does what it's supposed to do, just had to modify things a bit for it to fit.

[yeahloh]

Thanks For The Info I Need One Of Those Too.

[BrianO]

what a P.O.S... this grommet broke already.. hasn't been a damn week. I was driving home Saturday after the UFC fight and it was cool outside so I had the sunroof open and windows up. I feel a constant stream of hot air hitting me. I run my hands around to find it and it's the parking brake area. Today I looked down there and I can see ground. the outiside of it is still attached to the sheetmetal, but the other side that is on the rod is broken.... cheap a$$ stuff...damnit.

I'm going to remove it and return it. I don't know how else to prevent this from breaking except to oil the shaft itself so this slides easily.. not sure.

[BrianO]

second round....first boot broke after a week because the hole is so small. I enlarged this one and greased the rod that goes through it and it seems to work ok.

[BrianO]

it WILL work this time.. the hole was way too small for the shaft. I gave it just enough room to move freely and greased it up. I'm still pissed about the brake cables..trying to find some locally.

[SVOMikey]

Thanks again for the info and reply to the other thread.

FYI... I grabbed a boot out of a SN95 car this morning. It appears to be the same as the 87 Fox cars based on your pics. I'll get the dremmel out this evening.

[BrianO]

make sure to check the size of the hole that the rod goes through..I trimmed mine just a bit because the first one I had was too small and it ripped it. I learned on the second one..