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Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2017 10:11 am
by 61stepside
Pulled the /6 engine to have it rebuilt and have since re-installed it. Having a problem remembering the parking brake cable routing. Fits good going over the valve cover but doesn't look right. Anyone have a photo of the correct routing on their /6 please send to camauzy@yahoo.com.

Thanks
Larry

Re: Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2017 11:24 pm
by coelcanth
sorry it's not a slant six but i can't imagine the routing is much different for the eight cylinder trucks..
i'm pretty sure this is the original factory routing.
here you can see it comes out the gland on the firewall and then over the top of the inner fender and then through a bracket bolted to the driver's frame rail above the steering box:

Image

[url=https://flic.kr/p/pGSUKa]Image

don't really see how it would go near the /6 valve cover unless you were in england or australia

Re: Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:40 am
by 61stepside
Thanks for the photos. My parking brake is located right behind the transmission, not at the rear brakes and would probably take a different route.

Re: Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:33 pm
by Txas2step
Here ya go Larry. My 1961 shorty

Re: Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:39 pm
by 61stepside
Looks very familiar Teas2step even down to the engine paint. If I could figure out how to load photos I'd post photos of mine. Thanks again, don't know what I do with the great people on the site!

Re: Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 5:50 pm
by 61stepside
See if this works.

https://youtu.be/AZXGLoCFAf8

Re: Parking Brake Cable

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 7:10 pm
by coelcanth
o i forgot about the trans brakes !