Parking brake cable routing

The PO installed a foot parking brake which was much longer than the stock cable length and had that cable snaking everywhere under the jeep. I purchased a used "T" handle hand brake and a new cable but I need some pictures or a good description of how the cable is routed or where it should be attached along the way. I think I found the hole in the transfer case cross member where the cable "sheath" is anchored but if anyone has a pic or can verify that as well it would be most helpful. Also where under the dash do I attach the hand brake?

I was hoping there would be pics in the Gallery.

 

Bumping this old thread. This is Fireballs pic of the cable under the seats.
I laid out the cable that came in a box with my jeep versus the new one, and it seems like the new one is about a foot too long (it is 63-5/8”)


This is what the Clevis ends look like with the ball end buried all the way.




Does anyone know what this ball is on the end of it and where I could get another one if I cut the cable? If I can’t find anything would a lead split fishing sinker work?



Regarding the routing how does it go between the steering column and the engine?

 

A lead sinker will not last the first application of the brake. A brass ball with a set screw might work but that may also just pull out. Perhaps the best would be drilling out the steel ball and brazing or silver soldering the cable in it. The caveat being it may make the cable brittle and have a short service life.

 

Note the overall length of the cable doesn't matter that much. It's the free lengths sticking out of the housing that are important. That's what determines the travel and the distance between the anchor points and what the cable hooks to. If the those lengths are the same with new cable, it will work fine.

 

What's the right way to route the cable and housing through the space between the bell housing and steering box etc.?

 

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but it attaches to the "fork" on the transmission support cross-member, right?

 

That looks like the stay cable bracket and isn't used on V6 Jeeps. At least on my '69 and '70, the brake cable is anchored to the top of the crossframe with a clip and a bolt:




As for routing, there is a clip on the fender not too far past the firewall:


Same clip different angle:


I can't help you with routing around the brakes/steering/bellhousing. My '71 still has the original cable but has been converted to Saginaw steering. I replaced the cable in the '69 and like termin8ted I need to zip tie it to the brake lines to keep it away from the exhaust. My replacement cable looks like the same one you have and works fine.

From the 1971 parts book, there are only the two clips from the factory and the loop past the bellhousing is free floating:


Neither of my Jeeps still has the "Clip (Spring)" for the retracting spring to connect to. The spring on both is hooked to a hole in the actuator arm.

 

Thanks you guys this is awesome

 

And I would sure love to use the original cable but the ball is about to pop off and it’s very frayed

 

Yeah, the same thing happened on the '69. The 70 still has the original cable in it for now.