The parking brake assembly foot pedal doesn’t stay in engaged when in use. The rear brakes and cabling are functioning correctly as it is able to lock the rear drums brakes from rotating. Removing the complete assembly is simple. Three nuts and removing the parking brake cable is all it takes.

It turns out there is a small spring shown in the picture that connects one side to a “hole” and the other side of the spring to a locking lever. The part of the spring that is secured to the locking lever has disengaged.

So far, I can’t see any hole or area that the spring can be attached to the lever. I’m hoping no metal has worn or broken off. The lever does work if you manually position the angle to lock into the gear teeth. The brake release is working properly.

While under the dash I had a clear view of the fuse box. I discovered one of those ghetto fixes you wish you never see any car or truck. The previous owner wrapped a blown 2.5 amp fuse with either a bubble gum wrapper or a piece of aluminum foil. I’ve worked on many cars and have never actually seen this type of “fix” done.