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Parking brake
I'm looking for an alternative parking brake for the 53-56 model year f100. I have a few of the original hand pull types but would prefer a foot pedal, was wondering if there was one that some of you have used from a later model year car or truck that would be a close bolt in. Thanks in advance as I know you will come through for me as you usually do.
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I'm looking for an alternative parking brake for the 53-56 model year f100. I have a few of the original hand pull types but would prefer a foot pedal, was wondering if there was one that some of you have used from a later model year car or truck that would be a close bolt in. Thanks in advance as I know you will come through for me as you usually do.
John
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works great..
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I used a foot pedal from a mid 80's ford truck. then got special cable from Control Cables. I drilled 2 holes thru the firewall to mount the back side, and the dash for the handle side..
works great..
Sam
works great..
Sam
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I only had to drill one hole I used one that was already in the cross brace in the kick panel area. I also used a peice of 1" square tubing to extend to one hole and keekp the bracket from leaning. I can also be adjusted so the pedal isn't as high as mine is, also just 3 bolts to get it out of the explorer.
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I used a foot pedal from a mid 80's ford truck. then got special cable from Control Cables. I drilled 2 holes thru the firewall to mount the back side, and the dash for the handle side..
works great..
Sam
works great..
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Thanks Sam, I picked up a park brake pedal from an Explorer and a mid 80's F100 today, the f150, is almost a direct bolt on,very little modification is going to have to be done for it to fit. Thanks again for the tip. Question; did you route the gable through the original location at the trans cover? Was it hard to get a match up to fit?
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the silver tube on the top of the manifold carries the wiring to the engine/starter/alternator.. up from the floor.
there are two weatherproof connectors down near the tranny for engine removal.
(still way too much stuff tho.. fuel lines, vacuum lines, cables)
the front light wiring goes across the floor under the cab, into the chassis rail and out the front (another weatherproof connector), up thru the parking light housing into the grill.
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Look for a full size Ford van. The bone yards are full of them. I have a '93 E-350 and it has one that would be great, There is no release to fool around with trying to mount. You push down on it to set it and push again to realeae it. I never could figure out why they only used it in the vans. Like I said, mine is a '93 and I don't know how many years they kept using this pedal. My guess is that they are still using it b ut I don't know.
If you have a Pull-A-Part near you I would say that you can get one for less than ten bucks. BTW, get the flex cable that goes with it too.
Later Man...
If you have a Pull-A-Part near you I would say that you can get one for less than ten bucks. BTW, get the flex cable that goes with it too.
Later Man...
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Here is mine. It came out of a Jeep CJ? I bought it for 5.00 on ebay. It was practically a bolt in. Made modest rework of stock cable to work with it and shortened the release handle shaft. Works perfect! 