Just got a phone call. Someone's brake release broke. The cable came loose at the unseen far end. The main thing is to undo the brake and drive the car back to the garage. A brief google search came up with nothing.
Any idea of whether there is a pawl under the hood I can poke with a stick?
Nils K. Hammer
Under the dash on the P-Brake pedal assembly.
Ya, my mistake was trying to search online, and getting peeved by the many useless robot responses. At least one of them, talking about something else , said "under the dashboard". I also thought for a moment about the "crrrk" noise, which is medieval technology "dog and pawl". So I stuck my head und er the dash and poked it with a stick. I told the owner we can restore it t o 100% original function, but I'll probably tie a parachute cord on it inst ead with a stick handle cut from a shrub.
Excellent! You must have either grown up in a ghetto or on a farm.
and on something that ancient/worthless, the fix is perfect.
GW
It brings back memories of growing up on the farm. Baling wire to the rescue, literally.
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