Anyone have a remedy for taking the emergency brake cable out of the firewall on a 71' A body? I tried sliding a 9/16 12 point socket over it and i tried pliers. No luck.

 

Small Hose clamp or pry with flathead screw driver as you pull

 

Tried screwdriver. But I didn't think of the clamp, thanks. I'll try that tomorrow.

 

I'm guessing you're replacing it?.
Can you get in there with some bolt cutters and simply chop through it?.
Having said that, the clamp looks like a good idea.

Roger.

 

I've had limited success with the clamp. I finally broke down and bought the correct tool.

 

Quick71442 the clamp worked, Thank you.

Roger I'm in the process of tearing it down for a frame off resto. Not sure what I can still get so I'd rather not destroy anything if it can be avoided. I had a tread someplace but it was moved to newbe and I can't find it so I haven't posted any pics. I think it was something called ''1971 442 back from the Abyss''.

Joe I have four weeknesses, Women, Beer, Oldsmobiles and tools. First one was shut down 15 years ago when I got married, the next I shut down last year for a few reasons, mostly weight going on not off and the last 2 have increased dramatically since I got back into cars. So you've just contributed to my tool habit. So it's your fault because I will be getting one of those. Seriously thanks for the reply.

As always this site is a great help. I saw a few speciality tools in the Fisher body manual, wonder how many of those I can still get.

 

[QUOTE=zeeke;1104354 I saw a few speciality tools in the Fisher body manual, wonder how many of those I can still get.[/QUOTE]


The Kent Moore tools show up on ebay all the time. I've written search scripts to look for the ones I want. When all the dealerships closed a few years ago, there were at ton of them on ebay. I loaded up at the time.

 

I think the 12-pt socket was part of the problem, I used a 6-point deep well (on the rear backing plates too) just fine. A little WD-40 helps too.