[DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE

[Will Kooiman]

I've given this some thought, and came to the same conclusion.  I don't
think I'd do a hydraulic parking brake.

I've also considered a linear actuator tied to a manual cable, but that's
what we have in my wife's 2013 Boxster, and I don't like it.  It's too
easy to forget that it's on, plus you have to wait for it to set.  We're
only talking a couple of seconds, but a manual brake can be set in less
than 1 second.  Plus a manual brake has the positive feeling that it is
set.

On 5/12/14 2:06 PM, "thomas" <thomas at hax.se> wrote:

>A hydraulic parking brake seems like a really stupid idea, unless the
>intent is not to use it as such.
>
>Thomas
>
>> 12 maj 2014 kl. 09:05 skrev jderyke at aol.com:
>> 
>>   Don't know of any. But if I did it, I would first move the stock lever
>>   to the drivers' side: easier access & better leverage for shorter
>>   drivers.
>> 
>>     It seems creative to use the existing parking brake lever and
>>     locking teeth features to operate a master cylinder, have others
>>     done that?
>> 
>>   -----Original Message-----
>>   From: Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>>   To: jderyke <jderyke at aol.com>; michael <michael at michaelshortt.com>
>>   Cc: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
>>   Sent: Sun, May 11, 2014 6:09 pm
>>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE
>>   Jack,
>>      It seems creative to use the existing parking brake lever and
>>   locking teeth features to operate a master cylinder, have others done
>>   that?
>>   Ken
>>   From: "[1]jderyke at aol.com" <[2]jderyke at aol.com>
>>   To: [3]michael at michaelshortt.com; [4]kenn_green at yahoo.com
>>   Cc: [5]detomaso at poca.com
>>   Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2014 4:05 PM
>>   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] RM Auction - Pantera # 5538 PARKING BRAKE
>>   Best guess: someone else has noticed that U.S- legal parking brakes do
>>   not need to be cable operated; it just turns out to be the cheapest
>>way
>>   for auto manufacturers to comply. A hand-operated master squeezing a
>>   pair of small hydraulic calipers are perfectly legal as long as
>>they're
>>   completely separated from the main brake system- including separate
>>   lines. I have a pair of small 2-piston Wilwood calipers I will
>>probably
>>   use for such a system at some point, along with a small bore Girling
>>   master and a Ford pickup truck foot-operated e-brake lever. FWIW- J
>>   DeRyke
>> 
>> On Sat, May 10, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Ken Green <[1][6]kenn_green at yahoo.com>
>>   wrote:
>> 
>>     Did you see the parking brake, the handle is connected to a
>>     master cylinder. A Anyone know what is going on with it?
>>     Ken
>> 
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