Parking Brake Cable Replacement - what part#?

[TardisDeli]

Need to replace asap my overstretched old cable for parking brake / handbrake / emergency brake. Need a L300 1991 part number. Is there a Lordco part? Have searched this forum, no luck. Best reply gets homemade cookies next time we meet. Cheers, Christine.

[nxski]

From what I've read on the UK forum it sounds like an overstretched cable just needs a simple adjustment to be used again. Are you sure you need a new cable?

[TardisDeli]

Hiya Nick, Sir Jay of the TardisDeli has tightened the rear cable several times, to take the slack out of the cable. Now, I can drive with the handbrake on, with no effect on driving (just makes the brake pedal activate at only half way depressed). So I guess it's time (I know I have had the van 4 years, and it was not replaced on entry into Canada). Cheers, Christine. PS You get cookies for first reply, still someone gets to win cookies for best answer.

[nxski]

Ah, gotcha! Does this help at all? ... http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carco ... ttype,1696

It looks like a good source but I'm having a little bit of trouble reading it.

[TardisDeli]

Hi Nick, interesting site.
Yeah, hard to translate. You selected "1990 : MITSUBISHI : L300 : 1.6L 1597cc L4 Carb : Brake/Wheel Hub : Parking Brake Cable" as an example.
I think ours are "1991 : MITSUBISHI : L300 : 2.5L 2477cc L4 DIESEL Turbo [4D56T] : Brake/Wheel Hub" (my translation is Carb equals carbeuretter, versus MFI equals fuel injection, but we have turbo diesel ... 4D56T is the name of our engines. However, when I went into that, I found no list of parking brake cables like you had found (with their length given in metric ie 1250 etc)..are you able to find it?. So it is a good site for the HUGE list of every type of vehicle and parts with measurements, great site to bookmark. Thanks, Christine.

[nxski]

I was hoping there would be a crossover between models but as I've never even adjusted mine I have no idea. Here's another site I found...

http://www.twenga.co.uk/mitsubishi-hand ... cable.html

[nxski]

or...

http://www.partsjunction.co.uk/index.ph ... _id=241394

http://www.partsjunction.co.uk/index.ph ... _id=241396

???

I hope something here helps!

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