Wanted Dash Parking Brake Lever - Complete Assembly - Late 70s FJ/BJ

[YSG2017]

Location

United States

Anybody have the under dash mounted parking brake (not floor mounted) assembly (complete) with lever for a late 70s FJ or BJ in good original condition and working order, that they would sell?
Thank-you kindly.

 

[pardion]

bolts or 3 where it bolts to the firewall, also do you need a switch? I have either types. John

 

[YSG2017]

Photos? I didn't know 2 different types thx.

 

[pardion]

Looks like the 2 did not get printed as in 2 bolt or 3 bolt, What is your production date? Does your cable route through the floor or through the dash? Dead battery in camera.

 

[Deftoned40]

I have one as well off a 78 fj, if pardion's doesn't work..

 

[YSG2017]

Awesome. Thx guys. I will check the production date and get back to you.
Cheers.

 

[YSG2017]

Which is better? A 2 bolt or 3 bolt?
I'm retro-fitting it into a newer 79 BJ that came with the floor parking brake.
I would guess I could use either?
I'll take the stronger better engineered one if that makes sense?
Thx.

 

[shawnfj40]

If you have an brake on the rear axle and not the transfer case, your not going to be able to pull that dash ebrake hard enough to do anything much.

 

[YSG2017]

Really? I can't just swap the entire system front to back and mount everything like the earlier system to support the dash brake lever?

 

[SuperDuperCruizer]

The pickup of the same vintage had a bell crank (I think that's what it's called) mounted to the frame to multiply the pull of the dash parking brake. It's not as simple a swap as you think.

 

[YSG2017]

Is it possible to buy the entire parking brake assembly from a '78 including the bell crank? Replace the entire system front to rear with the older system? Or will it just not mount on a 79 or newer?

 

[SuperDuperCruizer]

FJ40's didn't have the bell crank... only the pickups with the parking brake integrated into the drum brakes on the rear axle. You could make a bell crank... I recall someone did this and posted it on mud some place.

 

[YSG2017]

What am I missing here? All I want to do is put a dash mounted parking brake on my '79 BJ40 instead of the floor mounted one it came with. Surely all I need is the complete brake apparatus from the dash to the rear drums off an older bj or FJ '78 or earlier correct?

 

[SuperDuperCruizer]

The dash mounted parking brake doesn't have the same linear pulling distance as the floor mounted parking brake. There's an extra component required to make up the difference.

Domestically for 40-series with the dash mounted parking brake, the parking brake drum was on the transfer case.

 

[YSG2017]

Ahh... ok now I understand. Interesting. I was totally not aware of that.
So the older '78s and prior actually have a different transfer case with a separate parking brake drum on it??

 

[shawnfj40]

Yes and the pull required to operate the transfer case brake was significantly less than the rear axle brake. So either stay with the floor mounted setup or switch to an older transfer case with the brake on it and the under dash setup.

 

[YSG2017]

Got it. Thank-you.