i never actually saw the cables that ford ordered they only kept telling me that none of the cables would fit.
when i collected the old cable from ford i ordered one myself through partco motor factors and the one they gave me was still wrong
the overall length of both cables was the same but the plastic circular section of the cable on my original was a couple of inches lower than what it was on the new cable hence reason why it would not fit....
ive still got old cable and the one from partco so ill take a pic and post it so you can see what i mean