1987 Buick Park Avenue brake release lever,

Just got a phone call. Someone's brake release broke. The cable came loose at the unseen far end. The main thing is to undo the brake and drive the car back to the garage. A brief google search came up with nothing.

Any idea of whether there is a pawl under the hood I can poke with a stick?

Nils K. Hammer

wrote:
> Just got a phone call. Someone's brake release broke. The cable came
> loose at the unseen far end. The main thing is to undo the brake and
> drive the car back to the garage. A brief google search came up with
> nothing.
>
> Any idea of whether there is a pawl under the hood I can poke with a
> stick?
>
> Nils K. Hammer

Under the dash on the P-Brake pedal assembly.

--
Steve W.

Ya, my mistake was trying to search online, and getting peeved by the many useless robot responses. At least one of them, talking about something else, said "under the dashboard". I also thought for a moment about the "crrrk" noise, which is medieval technology "dog and pawl". So I stuck my head under the dash and poked it with a stick. I told the owner we can restore it to 100% original function, but I'll probably tie a parachute cord on it instead with a stick handle cut from a shrub.

> Nils K. Hammer

wrote:
> Ya, my mistake was trying to search online, and getting peeved by the
> many useless robot responses. At least one of them, talking about
> something else, said "under the dashboard". I also thought for a
> moment about the "crrrk" noise, which is medieval technology "dog and
> pawl". So I stuck my head under the dash and poked it with a stick. I
> told the owner we can restore it to 100% original function, but I'll
> probably tie a parachute cord on it instead with a stick handle cut
> from a shrub.
>
> Nils K. Hammer

Excellent! You must have either grown up in a ghetto or on a farm.

Paul in Houston TX wrote:
> wrote:
>> Ya, my mistake was trying to search online, and getting peeved by the
>> many useless robot responses. At least one of them, talking about
>> something else, said "under the dashboard". I also thought for a
>> moment about the "crrrk" noise, which is medieval technology "dog and
>> pawl". So I stuck my head under the dash and poked it with a stick. I
>> told the owner we can restore it to 100% original function, but I'll
>> probably tie a parachute cord on it instead with a stick handle cut
>> from a shrub.
>>
>> Nils K. Hammer
>
> Excellent! You must have either grown up in a ghetto or on a farm.

and on something that ancient/worthless, the fix is perfect.

GW

Geoff Welsh wrote:
> Paul in Houston TX wrote:
>> wrote:
>>> Ya, my mistake was trying to search online, and getting peeved by the
>>> many useless robot responses. At least one of them, talking about
>>> something else, said "under the dashboard". I also thought for a
>>> moment about the "crrrk" noise, which is medieval technology "dog and
>>> pawl". So I stuck my head under the dash and poked it with a stick. I
>>> told the owner we can restore it to 100% original function, but I'll
>>> probably tie a parachute cord on it instead with a stick handle cut
>>> from a shrub.
>>>
>>> Nils K. Hammer
>>
>> Excellent! You must have either grown up in a ghetto or on a farm.
>
> and on something that ancient/worthless, the fix is perfect.
>
> GW

It brings back memories of growing up on the farm.
Baling wire to the rescue, literally.