Another early handbrake question, Is there a return spring I am missing? Options

[theer]

I have the early folding handbrake handle and getting the flashing light to go out is a two-handed process to get the switch fully depressed.

Is there supppsed to be a spring somewhere on the handle mechanism to help release the brake?

Anyone got a picture?

Thanks,
Tom

[McMark]

The spring at the firewall is only on later cars. If you're using stock components an two-piece eBrake handle won't have the firewall spring ever.

There is a spring just behind the button, and there is a 'finger-spring' at the rear end of the pushbutton-rod. Those finger springs almost always break. But the symptom for that failure is that the pawl won't click against the teeth and the eBrake won't hold at the top when you set it.

I got in the habit of pushing down on the joint in the middle of the lever after I release it.