I know about the self adjusters on the brake shoes and have done it. But according to the haynes manual you cannot manually adjust the handbrake cable on a 1995 Mondeo 1.8TB. I have checked and it is correct.......no adjustment. At the moment, even with the new parts the handbrake lever pulls 9-10 clicks (almost to top).

Perhaps, if I recheck the self-adjusters and try again, this may help.

What do you think?