I've tried the usual websites, (Roverland, BPUtah, Atlantic British, yes even Ebay,) but none appear to carry the parking brake cable for the D1. Are there some other sources I should try before randomly ordering one from the first website that shows up on Google?

(Mine was disconnected. Probably, to my horror, because it started to get very hot when I hooked it up! Grounding issue, I'm sure. Needless to say, I quickly disconnected it again since it was seized anyway. And I'll be checking those ground connections under the hood.)

 

Have you tried ringing them?

 

Bump/update:
Found a cable from Partsgeek. Finally got it installed, works great! But now the parking brake lever won't click into place when I pull it up. I can stop the car from rolling, as long as I sit there holding it. So I have two questions:
1. Is it possible to (somewhat easily) take the handle apart and fix it? I'm guessing there's a spring or something in there that has died.
2. What is the cross-compatibility of this part with other rovers? I.E. if I can't find a D1 at the boneyard, can I pull a brake lever from a D2 or RRC?
Thanks all!

P.S. Never did try calling anyone.

 

The spring in the handle is stuck that’s why it won't engage the click lockon the hand break. Use a long piece of wire up inside the handle to get it unstuck it's quite fiddly to get at.

 

Thanks, I'll try that.