They say you learn from your mistakes. If that's so, its a pity I probably won't need to renew the hand brake cables on my Espace again - the original ones lasted 10 years and I just fitted a replacement set of new cables.
But at least I can share my mistake here
The hand brake drives two cables -
they are not the same! On an LHD Espace, the right one is a bit longer than the left one due to the hand brake lever being offset by a few cm from the centre of the car. I expect an RHD Espace will have them swapped?
Fitting isn't difficult - the most difficult part is feeding them through the right holes in the chassis and over the tank. I fed it through from behind - there was almost enough space to allow my hand and fingers to go all the way through, so it's not bad at all - and there's no need to lower the tank.
Below is a photo of the cables showing the difference
/Anders