Gery Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 (edited) I’m playing with the idea of converting my under dash ebrake to a between the seats tunnel mount. Every manual trans car i’ve had, has had a tunnel mount ebrake, and I miss it. I haven’t found any references to such a project. (Rear drums) Thoughts? Edited March 2, 2019 by Gery Misspelled and additional info Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 You should go for it. Quote Link to comment
Gery Posted March 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Foresee any real difficulties? I see universal kits. Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Not sure about the 620s, but I used the Lokar handle and their universal cable kit on my 510. Worked with the stock drums and the maxima calipers I upgraded to when I went rear disc Quote Link to comment
FrankRizzo Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 When I fabbed everything up to connect the rear disks to the factory ebrake handle - it ended up being pretty easy. I married a combo of the Isuzu brake cables to the Datsun ebrake handle cable and used 3/16 (or 1/8" - I cant remember) with cable clamps from Home Depot. I cant imagine it would be any more difficult. I dont know where you would mount the handle on the tunnel though. If my memory is correct, the removable trans plate is pretty big and I dont think you want to mount to that because you might yank the plate right off the floor..... (heh-heh...I said yank...). . Quote Link to comment
demo243 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Here is a link to the lokar one I used but in a 620. just stumbled on it Quote Link to comment
620slodat Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I am interested in details on this as I want information/costs, etc. I might want to change to a tunnel mount to get the cable away from going through the firewall. Currently the cable angles down through the firewall and almost directly into the exhaust manifold on the SD-22 diesel motor. Too close, it will probably cause major problems with the e-brake cable because of the heat from the exhaust. A different angle for the cable going through the firewall (maybe the 720 series?) has been mentioned also. Can't make a proper decision without good information. Quote Link to comment
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