I fitted the freshly painted handbrake and then grabbed the cable that came in the original box of bits way back when I bought the car only to discover that I need a bracket between the cable and the pivot lever on the rear axel, oh.

I removed the front section of the differential to fit the required two thin shims.  I read somewhere about making a bracket to hold the diff still while it was tightened, I used a piece of angle-iron which worked well.

That was it for the day, not much to show for it.