85pig Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Kicking around ideas, one of the previous owners of my truck apparently thought it would be beneficial to do a regular Herman Munster-river dance stomp on the parking brake pedal, I'm guessing because it was sticking and tough to engage. In the process it tore the steel around one of the parking brake pedal assembly mounting holes, as well as a few cracks around them. My initial idea was to make a couple of small reinforcement plates to sandwich the firewall, but then it occurred to me: if anyone was scrapping a cab, it might be even better to see if they'd cut out that recessed section, and it could be riveted in as a full-sized doubler. Does that make sense? I really want to get a parking brake put back in this thing with it being a standard trans. I can go the sandwiched reinforcement route, but the doubler idea seemed like it might have promise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 I think the doubler is a good idea. But I don't have a cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramttocs Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Local jy you could hit up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85pig Posted August 23, 2023 Author Share Posted August 23, 2023 Local jy you could hit up? Yeah, plenty of yards, though it's been a while since I've gone digging around. It's one of my favorite past times, but with it being 110° lately, I haven't been. I'll get out soon and see what I can find, but I think that route would be good to reinforce that area. Now if I could only (properly) reinforce the dash frame that Mr. Munster broke stomping the pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebeefy Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 Yeah, plenty of yards, though it's been a while since I've gone digging around. It's one of my favorite past times, but with it being 110° lately, I haven't been. I'll get out soon and see what I can find, but I think that route would be good to reinforce that area. Now if I could only (properly) reinforce the dash frame that Mr. Munster broke stomping the pedal. Where are you? I know of a cab in Eastern Georgia that you could cut up to your hearts content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85pig Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Where are you? I know of a cab in Eastern Georgia that you could cut up to your hearts content. Thanks - I'm in Oklahoma, so no bueno. I'll hit some yards as soon as this heat breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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