The other day when it was near zero here in Missouri, I pulled the 79B out
of the garage and set the emergency brake by pulling it up briskly. I felt
it give somewhat and when I released and reset it, it had quite a bit of
slack in the lever and now didn't start to engage until the lever was at
about a 30 degree angle. The car wasn't rolling real well so I drove it
about 10 miles and checked the drums to see if they were hot from the brake
shoes being constantly engaged, but they weren't hot. The tranny fluid was
probably just real thick (especially since I haven't changed out the 20W-50
that is in it).
I haven't been under the car to check the emergency brake cable, but do the
above symptoms suggest that the cable nut has just slipped on the cable or
might it be something else?
Thanks and Happy New Year,
Monte
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