The brakes are almost identical on the 88 and 86, so are the engines and the engine wiring harness. The Haynes CJ book has the best directions for all that on 'your' Jeep. Their YJ book is more for the later 4.0 setup.
The emergency brake cables are easy to replace, especially with large tires. Room to crawl around. You need to have the rear brakes adjusted properly before doing the cables or the cables will/could end up at the wrong place and things like snapped cables happen.
I doubt the adjusters will work as it is right now, I suspect one is laying in the bottom of the drum jamming the brakes as you come to a stop. I would open that ASAP and look at it.
When the adjuster does work, they are left and right sided, be careful not to mix parts up, you have to hit the brakes in reverse, then in forward to reset the arm, then in reverse again. The shoes have a rocking motion. The adjusters have to be manually set up close the first time or the adjusters won't catch.
The Sears kit for the jack and stands is a good one. I can fit one like it right behind the passenger seat when it is tipped forward. When the seat comes back it locks/jams the jack in place so it can't turn into a missile.
Mike
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