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Thanks friends for all the help. I spent better than a day cleaning and repairing my fuse panel. Now I'm ready to install my new ebrake assy. I expected this to be a no brainer, but when I crawled under the truck, I found the old cable has been cut and stuffed inside the front fender. I yanked it out of there, and am trying to figure out wth it originally went. the upper end will obviously need to anchor at the hole in the floor. The other end will also need to be anchored someplace. This is where I need help, everything I find in tech folder or youtube pertains to the rear hubs, backing plates, and the rear cables only.
ok, well the upper end of the cable snaps into the ebrake assy, the cable threads through the floor, inside the fender. I got that far. I dug the end of my intermediate cable out of hiding above the frame rail. I have a ball on each cable end, so I must need a link to connect them.
My new assy had a .125" pin, loosely installed through the brake pedal arm, preventing it from being pushed down. I removed this pin, and something that sounds ominously like my flat spring went kachank! Now the pedal moves, but has no return spring action...? wth?
Last edited by bewildered 7.3; Dec 28, 2020 at 07:07 PM.
Reason: update
I have that, I think the lower end of that cable needs to be mounted, somewhere? and I can probably build a link to connect the 2 cables
I'm confused about this pin I removed and why my spring does not return the pedal to the up position?
I am still not sure what it is you are looking for help with.
If you are referring to connecting the upper cable to the intermediate cable, I can get a picture for you tomorrow when the sun is up.
If you are referring to where the stopper at the top of the upper cable locks into the pedal assembly, I can look in the service manual or get a picture for you tomorrow when the sun comes up.
Let us know, and I apologize for not understanding the questions.
I am still not sure what it is you are looking for help with.
If you are referring to connecting the upper cable to the intermediate cable, I can get a picture for you tomorrow when the sun is up.
If you are referring to where the stopper at the top of the upper cable locks into the pedal assembly, I can look in the service manual or get a picture for you tomorrow when the sun comes up.
Let us know, and I apologize for not understanding the questions.
Thank you Sous, I am looking for the connections at the bottom of the cable , other end from the park brake pedal. Where does the cable mount down at the frame? how does the cable connect to the intermediate cable? What is this pin I removed from the park brake assembly?
I can't see the difference in the two pics above btw. Can you circle what's missing? It's a little like
Thanks Leonard, it is some help. I am not tech savvy enough to figure out how to mark this pic, other than print it, mark the print, scan it and repost it. Is there an easier way to edit the photo? The pin I removed is #2 in your pics, where they tell me to insert a suitable retainer, after I pull the forward cable and conduit. the pin is halfway between the pivot point and the switch.
Sous, a pic is worth a thousand words. I'd love to see where and how the actuator cable connects to the intermediate cable, under the truck. One of the inconveniences of island living is the lack of junk yards, auto dealers, and parts stores. Everything I need is either order and wait, or build it myself. I've gotten better at fabricating parts since I moved out here.
Thank you Sous, that is exactly what I needed, I am missing the coupling to connect the cables, I can fab up something for that! Now my only remaining mystery is about the grenade pin I pulled, but what Leonard shared implies that I can apply pressure to the cable and reinsert that pin, so it seems I have not done any foul or harm to this installation yet.
I do have one more question, I got on the service manual thread recently and received the manual. However, when I want to use it, seems I need to reinstall it each time. I am obviously technology challenged over here. Can someone instruct me how to burn this to a cd or dvd so I can shove it in the cup holder when I want to view it?
Thank you Sous, that is exactly what I needed, I am missing the coupling to connect the cables, I can fab up something for that! Now my only remaining mystery is about the grenade pin I pulled, but what Leonard shared implies that I can apply pressure to the cable and reinsert that pin, so it seems I have not done any foul or harm to this installation yet.
I do have one more question, I got on the service manual thread recently and received the manual. However, when I want to use it, seems I need to reinstall it each time. I am obviously technology challenged over here. Can someone instruct me how to burn this to a cd or dvd so I can shove it in the cup holder when I want to view it?
Good to hear the images helped you!
As for the FSM, you are the first and only person I have seen report this back to me. Perhaps there is a step that was skipped in the instructions?
You can burn the .ISO file to a DVD if you like, simply Google "how to burn ISO to DVD" and check out a few videos and go from there. I suspect that when you first installed it, the virtual drive letter was assigned, maybe "D" or "E" and when you are going to use it now, the wrong drive letter is being selected when "mounting" the ISO via Windows 7 freeware or Windows 10 native capability. I am more than willing to help you to try and figure this out if you like. Shoot me a PM if you want to try and figure it out and we can go from there. Otherwise I will assume you have burned the FSM to a DVD and are good to go.
Almost 70 FTE'rs have downloaded and installed the FSM with no reports of what you are seeing, but I don't give up easily, not even on the "technology challenged". If worst comes to worst, I can burn it to DVD and mail it to you.
@Sous , I think what he means is he needs to remount the ISO each time the computer has been rebooted. I have to do that with mine too.
Working with the slight issue regarding the FSM with him via PM, we got it sorted out! He is now up and running with the FSM fully accessible without having to reinstall it each time. I probably could have done a better job with details in the instructions, but didn't want to get too longwinded like I do at times either.
You are also correct, once the PC has been restarted Windows 10 and Windows 7 typically needs to remount the .iso file. This is based on a virtual drive that doesn't truly exist. It is possible to setup up a script or batch file process to remount the .iso automatically, but this is well beyond what the normal user requires.
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