MJ park brake cable routing???

Using a XJ donor to convert my MJ from bench to console/buckets.

Have already dealt with the seat bracket cut/shift/weld problem, moving the mounts for the floor console was easy. Floor shifter conversion looks pretty straight-forward, just un-bolt and bolt other in.

Parking brake on MJ was cable/foot operated, brake on XJ is hand operated, and goes through console/floor. Length of rod is easily changed. PROBLEM - current MJ set-up goes through back wall of cab, uses a cable. XJ set-up goes through floor and there does not appear to be a straight shot for the rod to reach the equalizer.

Any ideas on how to make this work? Was the park brake in the console different for the MJ vs the XJ?

Don't know if the MJ ever offered a center-mount parking brake. If so it would have been in an Eliminator with bucket seats and a console, and it's been so long since I looked at one of those that I don't remember.

yeah, why not just leave the foot pedal? my MJ has bucket seats and a footpedal.