Emergency Brake

OK, next question.

Apparently when the PO installed the fiberglass body he never reinstalled the parking brake - genius!

The two rear cables and the metal bracket that connects them are still intact under the body, but there is no forward cable and certainly no handle or the like.
When I rebuilt the brakes there was no extra e-brake hardware there either, but I'm sure I can order that from NAPA.

So my question is, where did the parking brake go on a 73 CJ5 and what did it look like. I see the standard foot pedal kind on ebay but is that right?
Thanks

 

Foot pedal on the left, with a cable release attached to the bottom of the dash.

 

Something like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NOS-Jeep-CJ7-CJ5-YJ-Wrangler-Parking-brake-pedal-assy_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ42605QQihZ020QQitemZ300102344853QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

 

Yep, looks like mine.

 

Dave

Can you snap a picture of yours when you get a chance? I am running into the same problem(lever missing).

 

Original has a cable release, but that would be close if it fit.

 

MSarge!

Are you bidding on the same ebrake lever as me on ebay?
Ha!

To the death!

 

I have a 75, it was rusty and missing the release lever. I got one on E Bay for a 76. the 76 and later are a little different and had to drill new holes on the firewall as a different bolt spacing and make the hole on the floorboard larger becuase the cable mounts at a different angle but was able to make it work

 

Larry,

Thats what will happen here, except I have no holes (replacement glass body), so I guess it wouldn't matter to me either way.
I'm glad to know you got it to work.
Thanks

 

brieoff,

I think we may be bidding on same one! Good luck!

 

brieoff

I should have said break out your life savings!!!!!!