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Old 04-16-2026, 11:40 AM   #4
hueyhoolihan
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Default Re: 1947 Pickup parking brake routing

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Originally Posted by Seth Swoboda View Post
This is helpful, however I also need to know where the cable exits the cab.
i hear ya, but i don't know for sure where it exits on a truck. i've been down this road on my '41 super deluxe and this is the best i've got...

the cable eventually goes through a hole in the toe board of my '41 super deluxe. and i assume it does something similar in the truck. in my car the hole is also used for the speedometer cable IIRC. and uses a fancy double holed rubber grommet in that hole. one for each cable...but because there was no way that i was going to remove the speedometer cable, which i would have had to do, to get the e-brake cable through that toe board, i simply drilled a second hole! it is a much more accessible hole near it, and ran my e-brake cable through that. sounds drastic doesn't it! well...it's been a while now, and i'm still very satisfied with my decision.

for no particularly good reason, here's a pic of the fancy double grommet i mentioned. and notice the two holes are not the same size! so if you have a similar arrangement, don't dare put the speedometer cable through the e-brake hole, or there will be dire consequences in the afterlife.
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