[DeTomaso] Hand Brake

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/12/13 7 39 6, tmshinro at aol.com writes:


> 
> Now all I need to know is what types of arm exercises to do I need to take 
> up so I can pull up the handle to the last click?
> 

>>>Keeping in mind that you would not park the car on a slope in neutral, 
you can perhaps relax a bit with the parking brake.   Rather than killing 
yourself (and risk breaking something on the car) trying to set the brake so 
that it will hold the car on a vertical slope, know that parking the car in 
gear will accomplish 90% of what you need, and a bit of parking brake will 
just do the job that much better.

I have a gently sloping driveway, and no parking brake.   My car can sit 
just fine in the driveway.   Lori's car has 95K miles on the engine, and 
compression isn't what it used to be.   Her parking brake is temporarily disabled 
too.   When the engine is hot, it will rest comfortably in the driveway, 
but we learned that if left to sit overnight, in the morning the car will have 
rolled several feet and the back wheels will be in the street.   So we 
always park her car with a chock.

Mike