62 K10 mico brake lock question

[padresag]

Originally Posted by Captainfab

Here in Idaho, seatbelts are required no matter what year your vehicle is.

just curious. so if you had a Model "A" and drove it on your streets, you would have to be wearing seat belts in it
here(canada) seat belts were mandatory to be installed after dec.31, 1963. it wasn't legislated until years later that it was mandatory to wear them
If your vehicle was manufactured prior to that date, they were not required.
different places may have different laws
ron

[trapperjack]

Yep, different places have different laws. In some places, even older vehicles are required to have a smog test (don't get me started on all that). In Texas, it's a .....I think 25 yr cutoff. 24 yr old vehicle has lot's of stuff tested...25 or older, it's honk the horn, check the blinkers and headlights, make sure brakes work, you're good to go. It's a safety inspection for, I think 13-15 bucks.
I absolutely HATE our seat belt law here, I think it's nobody's business if I wear one or not. That said, I will be putting them in this and any other vehicle I have for safety's sake. I want me and my family safe, just not mandated.
Spoken like a true Texan, huh?

[Captainfab]

Yep that's right. Here in Idaho if you drive your vehicle on the roads, you must wear seat belts, no matter the year of the vehicle.....but you don't have to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle

Originally Posted by padresag

just curious. so if you had a Model "A" and drove it on your streets, you would have to be wearing seat belts in it
here(canada) seat belts were mandatory to be installed after dec.31, 1963. it wasn't legislated until years later that it was mandatory to wear them
If your vehicle was manufactured prior to that date, they were not required.
different places may have different laws
ron

[63 & 64 Bowties]

Those mico-brakes were popular in the 60's as an aftermarket item. I've had lots of experience with them. I have a 65 K-10 that has one.
I drove a 1965 c-30 wrecker back in 1968 (yup, I'm an old fart) that had one on it. In fact all the wreckers in the company had them. I assume they all work the same way, you apply however much pressure you want to the brake pedal, then while holding the pedal down, switch on the mico brake. The ones we used had mechanical levers, but yours looks electrical. With single master cylinders they lock all 4 brakes, but for dual master cylinders, just the rears. We used them a lot on the wreckers while winching. They held a lot better than a parking brake. But, don't use them for parking on a hill and leaving the truck. They "could" leak down over time. And of course, they're not a true "emergency" brake, basically just a line-lock.

[maxwoof]

My 62 K-20 has one of those. It is mounted into the brake line on the frame rail, so it only locks the rears. Since it is an electrically operated item, my concern would be that it would drain the battery and possibly release the brakes over time. Something to think about. I like to have the stock parking brake set up present because it will work in the event you have a hydraulic failure. My feeling is that my PO installed the mico lock because the cables broke and he couldn't find replacements. The K-20 cables are hard to come by. You can get K-10 cables from inline tube. My problem is that my PO also threw away the brake levers and bars in the drums at some point. I am having a hard time finding those.

[trapperjack]

I have no lever under the dash, no cables, and I'd bet money the rear axle is from a 2wd, my guess is same as yours. Hoping I don't have to find/install all that. I better start hunting some threads with photos and find all the goodies for it, just in case.