rear brakes

The rear brake lines from my old focus were so rotten that they came apart in my hand.  I bent up some new ones.  My bend tool makes the same diameter that ford uses.  I figured out that if I put in the old line I can mark where the bend begins, then transfer the mark.  

Drivers side brake line and hose:

 Passenger side brake and hose:

I am happy with how that all turned out.  I think it looks more or less factory.

I thought about transferring the spring on the parking brake cable to the focus cables.  But it just seemed like the wrong move.  I was worried that the focus cable wouldn't stay clipped into the drum (it is slightly smaller diameter than the mustang cable.  I was going to have to weld some large weird brackets to the control arms to hold the cable sheath ends, and that would still point the cables at a weird angle.

I layed out the mustang cable and figured out that it is the right length.  So I signed up for some fabricating.  More on that soon.

rear brake hoses and preliminary ebrake

I got an extra set of Focus front brake hoses and used them to finish the rear brake hose connections:

After I welded on the tabs I sprayed them with galvanizing compound.

I want to have a functioning e brake whether inspection requires it or not.  I saved the ebrake cable from the mustang and some pulleys that went with it.  I was really hoping that the focus ebrake cable would work since it is unlikely that I would be able to lay out the mustang cable without significant fabrication and/or luck.

It does look like it the focus brake will work:

Although the Focus end is smaller, it does fit into the ebrake arm in the mustang drum.  The spring is shorter which may cause trouble since the spring is what retracts the brake shoes when you release the brake. I may try to put the mustang spring on this cable, or make a collar or something.  I also need to make a mount to hold the end of the cable sheath.