hand brake cable location.

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Does this help?

Mark

and this shows the lever mechanism under the oil pan (removable bracket in this car).

Mark

cheers Mark, thanks for the post. are they attached to the chassis rails and crossmembers further down. took it off so long ago and now cant remember, .

I routed the cable from the drivers side of the equalizer pulley to the passenger side e-brake and vice versa so the sheaths crossed under the transmission and left the sheaths hanging loose unattached.

Then I set the adjusters to get the handle effort I liked in the cabin and pulled it up hard to engage the e-brake. I made a couple of tabs to hold the cable sheaths as closely as I could to where they wanted to be under tension.

It significantly eased the radius of the bends in the e-brake cable sheath where they turn 90 degrees and head to the caliper from the frame rails. I believe the resulting loss of friction has left me with a much more effective e-brake.

Larry makes a good suggestion for the route. In my case (on both cars) the cables follow the same route as originally supplied. There are no clamps to retain the cables mid-way, but none are needed as the cables are quite rigid.

Good luck,

Mark

ok another quesrtion then are there any clamps holding anything under the rear of the car i seem to have a double clamp and am wondering what it was used for?

Chris,

That double clamp attaches to one of the bottom cover bolts of the ZF, and supports both e-brake cables.

John

thanks that was what i was looking for!
cool would there be a photo out there of this?

cheers John

Chris,

The clamp goes as far aft as possible, before the cables start to make their turn towards the calipers. If you cross the cables (like Larryw and I have done) then that clamp won't fit. The left side cable goes under the right side cable, and acts a like a support (sort of) for the longer right side cable.

I don't have a pic.

John

thanks John. whats the cross over for, does this give it less friction?

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whats the cross over for, does this give it less friction?

Yes, as the radius of each cable is increased.

John

Chris,

Had a '73 car on the lift yesterday and finally got a photo of the clamp. Bottom of the pic is looking towards the rear of the car.

John

thanks John