Hi guys--

I have a 1999 Ford Ranger XLT, and my parking brake cable snapped in exactly the place you described--up in the pedal assembly. I am currently on the road living in my truck, so I have very limited access to tools. I got a new front cable, but I'm concerned about having the required tools to do the repair.

I have a set of metric wrenches, a leatherman, and a set of pliers. It sounds like accessing one of the nuts for the cable could be problematic with just these tools.

Would you recommend waiting to do the repair done until I can get better tools? I'm not sure how much longer I want to leave this repair--if worst comes to worst, I'll bite the bullet and pay a mechanic to do it, but I'd rather do it myself.

Any advice would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Erika