Abstract: An apparatus for installing a plastic blind fastener in a remote hard-to-reach location comprising an adapter formed to hold a fastener and manipulatable by a conventional hand-operated fastener tool. The adapter includes a bowden cable operatively connected between an actuator at one end and bushings at the other. Squeezing the tool handles applies opposed forces on the bushings which are transmitted through the cable to a fastener in the actuator causing it to spread outwardly to secure adjacent structure thereto.