Re: [Chrysler300] Need a Parking Brake Cable

[Michael Moore <mmoore8425@xxxxxxx>]

I bought on from Atlas, ca $150 as I recall.
Mike Moore 300H
On Sep 4, 2011, at 3:05 PM, John McAdams wrote:

> I need a parking brake cable for my '62 300 "Sport" ragtop. I am guessing
> that one for any 60 thru 62 Chrysler (300/Windsor/sport etc.) will work. I
> know the 60/61's have a little longer wheelbase but I would think that
> judicious routing would enable any of them to work. I have determined that
> this is NOT an adjustment problem, the inner cable just doesn't slide easily
> in and out of the outer sheath like it used to.
> 
> When re-connecting my current cable after the engine/trans rebuild, I
> suspect I accidently routed it too close to the exhaust header and maybe it
> melted something inside or maybe it got kinked somehow while the
> engine/trans was out of the car. Anyway, the foot pedal will pull the cable
> inside the sheath towards the firewall but after releasing the foot pedal
> end, I cannot physically pull the cable back out of the sheath unless I use
> a pair of vise grips on the ball end. It needs to move inside the outer
> sheath smoothly enough to allow the little wimpy spring between the ball end
> and the outer sheath to pull it back thru the sheath and release the brake
> mechanism on the end of the trans tail shaft. I had considered substituting
> a larger spring but it cannot be any larger, because of the clearance
> restrictions within the parking brake mechanism.
> 
> It is very inconvenient not having a parking brake on my '62 as that
> particular year, (the first year for the "new and improved" 727 Aluminum
> torque flight) there was no "Park" provision on the transmission. You just
> get Forward, Reverse or Neutral, no park, and if there is any slope at all
> where I park, I cannot get out of the car fast enough to place the block of
> wood under a tire without the car either rolling away or over me.
> 
> I don't particularly mind what the cable looks like cosmetically, just so it
> will function properly. I certainly don't need, nor could I afford a new
> one, just a good working one.
> 
> Someone out there must have one, or perhaps a suggestion for where to look.
> I sent off an E-Mail to Murray Park but have not gotten any response.
> 
> If anyone out there has had this problem and has some solution to fix or
> repair the cable I have, I would patiently listen to any wisdom from within
> the club. Otherwise, I need another working cable assembly. 
> 
> In the meantime, the big land yacht is tied up at the dry dock inside my
> garage.
> 
> Big John Mc Adams
> 
> (In SoCal)
> 
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> 
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