Brumby clutch cable differences
Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 6:30 pm
How long should it take to change a clutch cable on a Brumby? Well I've just spent nearly 2 hours cramped and twisted under the dash and still have the original cable installed. I've had this brand new genuine clutch cable hanging around for some time now thinking I'd put it in the MY wagon but that will have L series setup, and the Brumby has had a really heavy pedal for a while so in the ute it went or so I thought, see below...
Two very different mounting systems for the pedal end of the cable; new cable above uses a clamp type arrangement with one bolt to tie the cable down against the pedal box. Old one below uses a flange welded to the pedal box, two big washers with rubber rings squashed between them and a brake hose style spring clip slid into a slot on the end of the cable to clamp it all together. They are not interchangeable. The one I have with the spring clip is well...frustrating is not the word. Bloody nightmare more like it. Trying to squash the whole lot together tight enough to expose the slot for the clip is hard enough, but with only room for one hand to reach that area you have to somehow slide the clip in with the same hand? Forget it!
Ended up cutting one of the rubber rings out and now it's back together same old cable and the pedal is like a new car! 
Anyway is this cable difference a year model thing? Is the clamp style from earlier or later models? My ute is a 1984 and my 1981 wagon had the clamp style bracket for the top cable. Is it a difference between wagons and utes?
Two very different mounting systems for the pedal end of the cable; new cable above uses a clamp type arrangement with one bolt to tie the cable down against the pedal box. Old one below uses a flange welded to the pedal box, two big washers with rubber rings squashed between them and a brake hose style spring clip slid into a slot on the end of the cable to clamp it all together. They are not interchangeable. The one I have with the spring clip is well...frustrating is not the word. Bloody nightmare more like it. Trying to squash the whole lot together tight enough to expose the slot for the clip is hard enough, but with only room for one hand to reach that area you have to somehow slide the clip in with the same hand? Forget it!
Ended up cutting one of the rubber rings out and now it's back together same old cable and the pedal is like a new car! Anyway is this cable difference a year model thing? Is the clamp style from earlier or later models? My ute is a 1984 and my 1981 wagon had the clamp style bracket for the top cable. Is it a difference between wagons and utes?
. From memory the one I got is exactly the same as you show - Flexible Drive Agencies ? is for the earlier EA81 4 speeds. Another few yoga classes and you will be able to tolerate the contortions I went through to make the after market one work where one original came out. Unsure how I added some fuel hose as a spacer or something, but it all did work well after a swear session.
. Certainly more comfortable then contorting thru the door.