1980 parking brake help

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FiveSeventyZee
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Car: '72 570z & '80 720

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okay so heres the deal. I took the truck to a transmission shop to do the clutch, and its at a tire shop now for tires and brakes. but what i noticed after looking closer at the truck, i have no parking brake. and i have no shop manual so i have no idea where its supposed to be. can anyone help me out with either a discription of where it should be or a picture of your 720? its a 1980 if that makes a difference.

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breadbox
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parking brake is under the dash to the right of the steering column. You pull it out to engage and twist it clock wise and push in to disengage.

I didn't notice it at first either. I was used to car e-brakes. Let me know if that helps or not.

flinterman2000
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Yeah. right next to your right knee.

FiveSeventyZee
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Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:59 pm
Car: '72 570z & '80 720

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breadbox wrote:parking brake is under the dash to the right of the steering column. You pull it out to engage and twist it clock wise and push in to disengage.

I didn't notice it at first either. I was used to car e-brakes. Let me know if that helps or not.
oh. I thought that was the release not the brake itself. Thanks. I didn't know that about the twisting.


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