Wolf_n_Kat wrote:
Following Griff's advice, I very definitely identified a problem before I started throwing parts at it, and came up with a new problem.
I had a saggy emergency brake cable and gave it a tug to see how much I was going to have to adjust. That was when I learned that said brake cable (front, from handle to adjuster) was in two pieces, not the one piece it's supposed to be.
Checked at a local car parts dealership, but the cable they gave me was too short - something in the neighborhood of 70" too short! After calling and explaining the problem, the longest cable they could find was 130" or so, and what I need is in the neighborhood of 171".
Anybody got any ideas where a body could dig up a front emergency brake cable for a '74 Eldorado (Class C)?
Yes, Lokar. You'll probably have to work with them to have a custom cable made and I would guess the price will be about triple the cost of a standard cable. I would point out to them that revival/restoration of older Dodge motorhomes is a growing segment among motor vehicle enthusiasts and they will have a market for additional cables identical to what you're doing. (A decade and a half ago, when I started my current activities, I was a strange, lone-wolf maverick.)
There are other companies making cables for older vehicles but Lokar is probably the largest and most capable. One company, that I don't have at my fingertips, is making replacement cables for early pushbutton Powerflite and Torqueflite (A727) transmission. They also make other cables for 50's and early 60's Mopar vehicles.
Also, consider the possibility a PO modified the emergency brake system, possibly moving the adjuster bracket to the rear to use shorter available cables from the adjuster to rear drums. (Part of the "adventure" of older vehicles is trying to figure out what's there versus what was originally there.)
