early parking brake handle, need help figuring out mechanism - DONE! Options

[roadster fan]

The parking brake handle on my 71 was missing some parts and was not functioning. I have it just about done, but can't figure out how the pawl(?) (blue item in picture below) is supposed to maintain contact with the other toothed part. The pushbutton releases/pushes the top of the pawl disengaging it from the other part, but I do not see what is supposed to put tension on the pawl to reingage it with the other toothed part.

I assume there is a spring of some sort missing but I do not see where it would mount. the fixed handle on my 73 has a slightly different pushrod that engages the top of the pawl, and releases and engages both.

Anybody have the answer to this one? I know you are out there! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

Jim

[Wilhelm]

If you look at this posting your answers will be found.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...387&hl=pawl

When my early handle was not working the little spring thingy was rusted out and I was just as frustrated after spending a few hours thinking "how does this work, what engineer designed this, what drugs was he on, and where can I get some of that stuff?" Out of frustration more than anything welded a small loop to the side tip of the pawl and ran a small spring backwards to the side of the handle. The spring pulls the pawl back keeping it in constant engagement. At this point since this fix works so well and I'm not a concurs guy and basically a lazy ass I've not decided to do the "proper" fix. If I can get off My lazy ass in the am, I'll try to post a pic of my lazy ass fix. Of course I immediately found the posting of the correct way to fix the pawl spring after I jerryrigged mine.