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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 09 5:10 pm
by Pete
It's a bodge, Paul, and you know it
I have had a brake flexi hose burst on me and I was VERY pleased to have a cable operated secondary brake.
Your funeral..........
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 09 9:55 pm
by the bishop
Plus if you rely on putting it in park on a real steep hill....It can be nigh on impossible to move the gear lever on your return!
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 09 4:24 pm
by Blue
If you use a hydraulic handbrake, just use it for the MOT. Stick it in park and leave the brake off the rest of the time.
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 09 4:30 pm
by Kev
Can't be arsed reading the first page, but I always left the Taxi in Park, never touched the "handbrake". If you do your own lines you should be sure of the workmanship, nuff said!!
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 09 8:24 pm
by Anonymous
Kev wrote:Can't be arsed reading the first page
Not techi enough for ole Kev.
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 09 10:17 pm
by db
Kev- you didn't miss much
Pete- what's my middle name?
Thanks for the sensible advice chaps, much appreciated. Just to re-assure you- It ain't a daily driver, i'll be VERY aware of the limitations of both parking devices, no-one else will drive it and if i park it on a hill i'll use a brick
(My old AMC Javelin had a highly technical mod to the Mk1 parking brake or 'parking brick'.... the Mk2 parking brake was a brick on a rope- just open the door and reel her in
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 09 11:27 pm
by Anonymous
db wrote:
parking brake was a brick on a rope- just open the door and reel her in
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love it.