I have an 02 F-body w/ manual transmission. My E-brake doesn't engage until you pull it up ALL the way, and its pointing stright up into the air. WTF? On my Dads car, he only pulls it up 1/4 of the way and its on. Whats going on here?

 

Its god working it




You need the cable adjusted

 

Somewhere along the line, the rear rotors were probably changed and the emergency brakes were probably not adjusted to the new drum bore inside the rotor. (The adjustment is all in the pads - we can't adjust cables on our cars like "normal" cars.)

Instructions are in this thread: Its lots of "fun" - the rear brakes & rotors need to come completely off to do the job: https://ls1tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes/862055-emergency-brake-needs-tightening.html