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Daughters 1956 CJ5 parking brake

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by fander, Jun 4, 2013.

  1. Jun 4, 2013
    fander

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    My daughter rebuilt a 56 CJ5 while she was in college. That was 13 years ago. She leaves it with me and she will be back for a couple weeks this summer. She still likes to drive it and work on it and she wants to repaint it (purple -yeck) and install a parking brake. The drum and arm are still on the transmission. She also has a cable she bought years ago. The handle and associated parts are missing. I can't figure out from her service manual how the cable is supposed to be routed. Also I need a source for the handle and associated parts. Any help will be appreciated.

    Also did the 56 come with a two piece fold out windshield or did someone add this afterwards? Thanks
     
  2. Jun 4, 2013
    timgr

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    Can't help you with the parking brake ... but someone here will be able to.

    Ventilating windshield? That's a sought-after option for these Jeeps. Search and you'll find a lot of info.

    Welcome from Boston!
     
  3. Jun 4, 2013
    jpc

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    Howard Eisenhauer

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    The cable hooks into the end of the handle shaft on the firewall side. There's a clip that secures it to the inner fender then it just loops down under the tub to the tranny crossmember where it's secured with a clamp.

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    For the handle put a wtb add here in the classifieds or on the willys tech for sale board

    http://www.willystech.com/parts/board.shtml

    If your daughter is a stickler for "correct" the style handle you want for a '56 is called the "cane" (looks like a cane or umbrella handle) but the later "T" handle as shown in the post jpc referenced will work as well.


    H.
     
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  5. Jun 5, 2013
    Posimoto

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    You can try this wrecking yard for the handle. You can post a parts request and they will get back to you, usually the next day.
    http://www.jwjeep.com/
     
  6. Jun 6, 2013
    Rondog

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    Also try Midwest Willys, Harry Sheets parts out old Jeeps and has piles of stuff.

    This is a '56 parking brake handle assembly, I bought it locally for my '56.

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  7. Jun 21, 2013
    fander

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    Thanks guys. Parking brake handle ordered.
     
  8. Jun 21, 2013
    Alan28

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    The hand brake on the drum fixed on the transmission is a very rustic, simple system.

    Except that you have to stay under the car, it is not complex. Cables and springs.

    The T handle can be replaced by a wood part. This is easy to understand anyway.

    There is no control switch saying that the hand brake is on, maybe better to find one.
     
  9. Jun 21, 2013
    culls

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    Other than the fact that its sticking out and banging you in the knee?
     
  10. Jun 21, 2013
    Posimoto

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    I gotta ask. What's the amber light under the dash for?
     
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    Rondog

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    Beats me. That's the local donor '56 that I got the brake assembly from. I got a lot of good parts off that one, and the owner had never had it running. It was a project he never got around to, and just decided to part it out. I got a wonderful 1/2 cab and a perfect tailgate w/chains from it too. Original 6v horn, glovebox door, few other things. Would have got the speedo too but someone beat me to it.

    Frame on the Jeep was broken in half and then "spliced" with steel plates, so it was toast. He had a great front fender he couldn't find a buyer for, so he just gave it to me. I ended up giving it to someone here, can't recall who.

    This donor Jeep also had this doodad on it. I know what it is, anybody else know? Yes, this is a quiz.

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    timgr

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    It's a clearance light for trucks. Seems like a good choice for cabin lighting in a Jeep. Maybe you'd use a strip of LEDs under the dash today.
     
  13. Jun 23, 2013
    PeteL

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    The doodad pictured is an Autoloc wolf-whistle. Powered by manifold vacuum.
     
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    Rondog

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    Very good! You win a cookie.
     
  15. Aug 3, 2013
    fander

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    Daughter got her jeep painted. Got the brake handle. Couldn't find a way to get the brake cable to pull on the emergency brake lever because the angle between the cable and the emergency brake lever is too sharp due to the transmission being in the way. Looked through other posts on the forum but no luck. The bent portion of the arm faces toward the front of the jeep where the one in the diagram faces to the rear. Took parking brake drum off but can't see a way to reverse the arm. Any ideas?

    I have used a piece of 4x6 wood for years as a parking brake. When I got the actual parking brake handle in and showed it to my wife she said, "That handle will never work. The jeep will roll right over it."
     
  16. Aug 3, 2013
    PeteL

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    Rig a pulley, or a three hole evener arm (or a bellcrank) with rods or cables, mounted to the frame to change the direction of the pull from the cable. ?

    Before digital technology that kind of thing was commonplace
     
  17. Aug 3, 2013
    Howard Eisenhauer

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    If it doesn't look like the one below then you've got the wrong part-


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    Note that the short part of the arm is what sticks into the parking brake to activate the little cam widget that spreads the shoes apart.

    Hears a pic showing the angle your arm should be at-

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    H.
     
  18. Aug 3, 2013
    nickmil

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    What Howard said. Cable should clamp to the crossmember on the driver's side of the transmission then it should pull the arm towards the front of the Jeep when applied. There us also a return spring iirc that pulls the arm back. I installed a long coil spring with a piece if wire from the crossmember over the axle to the arm. Not sure if that is stock but works very well. I just reinstalled one back on my '59-5 after removing it 16 or so years ago when it self destructed on a camping trip (springs broke inside from age).


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