1949 dodge B1B brake assembly question. Need help

[swffsu]

 I am new to this forum  and I need some help. I just purchased a 1949 dodge B1B truck and I am trying to figure out where the cable coming out of the drum in the rear it's attached to for the handbrake.  I have looked at the diagrams from the old manuals but I'm not sure if there are two cables, as you can see from my photo my cable is not long enough to attach to the handbrake assembly. What am I missing? 

[Los_Control]

your truck originally had the hand brake on the transmission, what you show is the rear end has been swapped over to something newer.

Need better photos, at least I cant tell what rear end you have by the photo you show.

[swffsu]

Here is another photo of the cable that is hanging. I'll post the rear photo in the am. Thanks again

[cavisco1]

The original hand brake would have been at the end of the transmission. Looks like a previous owner swapped the rear axle.

 

Good luck,

Scott.

[ggdad1951]

yep wrong location.

[Jerry Roberts]

You can easily disconnect the cables that are on your newer rear end by removing your brake drums . Or just leave the cables in place and tie them up out of the way . Do you have the parking brake drum on the rear of your transmission ? If not , you might want to find a way to hook up those newer cables. 

[Los_Control]

I have also heard of others fabricating mounts, and going with cable all the way to the original brake handle.

And then was a recent discussion with using line locks for parking brake.

Just thinking there may be a few ways to go back to original or upgrade what you have. Might want to do some thinking before making a decision.

Knowing what rear end is currently installed, may help getting the rest of the cables from a donor vehicle, then see if is worth making it work.

[John Rogers]

Looking at the third member in the picture it looks to me like someone installed a 8 3/4 Mopar rear end . The two bosses with 4 empty holes on the top of the housing is where the pinion snubber would go.

                              John

[swffsu]

Here is the back end photos of the truck if this helps any. 

[swffsu]

Here are 2 more

[48Dodger]

This might help.

ebrake video 1

ebrake video 2

ebrake video 3

48D

 

[swffsu]

Thanks so much to everyone for their help. I am going to restore it to the original back to the transmission. I looked in the manual and found that the parts I am missing are all from the clamp/band assembly. Basically all the pieces from this photo below. Any idea where I can purchase them? 

Thx, Robert 

[ggdad1951]

14 hours ago, swffsu said:

Thanks so much to everyone for their help. I am going to restore it to the original back to the transmission. I looked in the manual and found that the parts I am missing are all from the clamp/band assembly. Basically all the pieces from this photo below. Any idea where I can purchase them? 

Thx, Robert 

my suggestion is to first the check the "For Sale" section and if no luck there post a "Wanted" post.  None of the large parts are repopped, you'll have to buy from Epay, a member or go picking.

[48Dodger]

swffsu, PM sent.....

Tim aka 48D

[William Davey]

Here's a Mopar differential identification guide. Assumes this is a Mopar diff. 

[vikingminer49er]

May have what you need. Is it 3-speed or 4-speed transmission? Call, text, or email. 

Tom Anderson, Paonia CO, 970-986-1020, vikingminer49er@gmail.com