Emergency Brake Conversion?

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Emergency Brake Conversion?

December 21, 2005, 04:45:47 PM

The one thing I hate about my Birds over Stangs is that blasted Emergency Foot Brake! What a travesty. Even more so on a 5-speed. How sporty is that? It's usefulness outside of 'parking' is pretty nil indeed... IMO. =/ I have been contemplating mutalating my interior with a Stang center console to get my beloved hand brake. My question is has anyone else done this? If not I suppose I should document my trials and errors throughly, but any tips and heads up would be greatly appreciated.

Emergency Brake Conversion?

Reply #1 – December 22, 2005, 10:24:44 AM

cool. i was thinking of that once. if you got later mustang power seats or made brackets you could move the controls too the base or side of the seats. grafting a stang console should be easy enough although some work. the hand brake basically just bolts right too the hump i think. all you would have too move is the pwr mirror switch (maybe to the dash. sports dont have the firm ride switch so mine would go there) and the pwr windo switch. if they werent together you could put those in the doors although there would be more wiring i imagine. i think it would be cool. i deffinetly prefer the hand brake over the foot brake. its a pain in the jock if you are a little taller, or bigger. further more, the thing that realy gets me is if its raining out or your feet are wet or muddy and you had pushed the brake down you get sprayed by in the face when you release it.

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Reply #2 – December 22, 2005, 11:04:34 AM

i think your best bet is installing a mn12 tbird consol some how grafting it up to the dash. i say mn12 because its longer and has the big ebrake handle. possibly a sn95 mustang one. another option is putting in a fox stang dash and console but they are to short. probley about 10 different ways you can do it, but its alot to do. iv been thinking about it to, but its alot of work just to relocate something i already have so it got pushed back on the list...

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Reply #3 – March 16, 2006, 08:22:14 AM

I found a guy willing to sell me the center console from an 86 Stang with the e-brake included. My question is, what is a decent price for this? I have no clue when it comes to interior parts. =/

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Reply #4 – March 16, 2006, 05:04:35 PM

i dunno...20 bucks?

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Reply #5 – March 16, 2006, 08:37:24 PM

Shame302, I know a coupla weeks ago, you inquired about the condition of the TC emrg. brake brackets...
Well, they're fairly rusted, calipers frozen, blah blah...
I was hoping it was all good, I woulda parted with the park brake stuff...oh well.
Sucks about the calipers too, wonder if the parts store will still take em for a core? Guess I'll find out soon. :evilgrin:

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Reply #6 – March 16, 2006, 08:49:08 PM

thats alright man...i appreciate it either way...i dont need the callipers themselvs. i just need the ebrake cables and (more importantly the brackets) between the pedal and the rear diff. they are different than the sports and wont work with the cobra rear brakes. i dont mind buying new ebrake cables from the store...you can still buy those...

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Reply #7 – March 16, 2006, 09:31:14 PM

You are right, that foot brake sucks. I think it would be tuff to get the other consoles to look right after hacking them up though. I really want the hand brake as well and fully intend to do so some day. It's not high on my priority list right now though. My idea to do this with a 5 speed setup was to make the shifter boot free-standing with somekind of aftermarket boot/plate and bolt in an aftermarket handbrake assembly directly to the floor hump. Then relocate the console switches either to the door, roof, or center dash. Of coarse you would be loosing any storage at the console with this idea.

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Reply #8 – March 16, 2006, 09:44:23 PM

any news on this? i think alot of people would like to have something like this one day, if the newer tbirds can do it im sure we can to lol.

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Reply #9 – March 16, 2006, 11:59:16 PM

Here's something that might peak your interest. I found this last month while doing a little research on intalling an ebrake handle of my own. Lokar makes universal floor mounted ebrake handles. They also sell vehicle specific cables to go with them. And for some reason, they felt that the 87-88 Tbird was worthy of inclusion on their short list. Is this for real and do they work? I don't know. I don't have the funds right now to try it. Maybe somebody else does and would like to let me know if it works.

http://www.rjays.com/Lokar/Lokar-Brake-Cables.htm

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Reply #10 – March 17, 2006, 12:38:40 AM

Instead of trying to make the center position of your car work, what about mounting it on the outboard side of your driver seat like the Jaguar XJS two-door series convertibles and coupes?

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Reply #11 – March 17, 2006, 11:14:35 AM

Quote from: thesoldan

Here's something that might peak your interest. I found this last month while doing a little research on intalling an ebrake handle of my own. Lokar makes universal floor mounted ebrake handles. They also sell vehicle specific cables to go with them. And for some reason, they felt that the 87-88 Tbird was worthy of inclusion on their short list. Is this for real and do they work? I don't know. I don't have the funds right now to try it. Maybe somebody else does and would like to let me know if it works.
http://www.rjays.com/Lokar/Lokar-Brake-Cables.htm

That setup will take the hassle out of cable length and location. But the console still needs to be addressed. Thanks for the link. :)

If anyone has any 79-86; 87-93; 94-98 Stang center console pics that would help lots. I am browsing cardomain, but interior pics seem to be few and far between.

EDIT: hoo-rah for ebay!

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Reply #12 – March 17, 2006, 12:33:51 PM

oooo, that could be mounted in place, then it is just a matter of relocating switches.... I like the grey one better for the look of the t-birds interior, more straight lines.

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Reply #13 – March 17, 2006, 02:15:20 PM

That one's from an 87-93 Stang. Hopefully all that is needed is to cut the radio/heater control area off and slide it in. lol. I like it better than the 79-86 Stang consoles.

The 94-up Stang console (light grey/white one) looks like a whole lot more work.

Here's some more pics of the 87-93 Stang Console

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Reply #14 – March 17, 2006, 02:19:20 PM

Keep this up to date. I am very interested to see the results.