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  • Re: clutch smell

    David Brodbeck · Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:17:10 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

    ...Depress the button on the handbrake lever and pull it upwards to hold the vehicle from rolling back as you move your foot from...

  • Re: Brake warning light on

    David Beierl · Mon, 1 May 2017 06:19:22 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    Bottom of the handbrake lever inside the cabin. Yrs, d On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 5:48 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com...

  • Re: Re: tiny push button, etc....)

    · Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:51:54 -0300 (ADT) · Mailing-list archive

    ...Oh - the little button on the Handbrake activates the Brake Warning >Light when the Handbrake is in use - push the button (which happens when...

  • Re: RandomBrakeLight

    Andreas · Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:33:19 +0100 · Mailing-list archive

    Sounds like the switch on your handbrake lever for sure (But check the fluid too!) DaveP 87Syncro [text/html]

  • Re: E-brake relocation

    Andrew Grebneff · Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:54:07 +1300 · Mailing-list archive

    ...If you want an underdash pull-out ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at a wrecker, make mounts to fit it under...

  • Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...

    mark drillock · Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:37:12 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

    ...When this happens the brake won't hold the vehicle no matter how hard the handbrake lever is pulled. This is a common problem...

  • Re: Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake

    Tim Demarest · Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:14:38 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

    ...The nut in the middle of the junction between the hand lever and the two brake cables is the adjuster. Before you crank it...

  • Re: Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake

    Bill Marshall · Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:52:38 EST · Mailing-list archive

    ...If I recall correctly, adjusting the brake lever is like adding brake fluid -- it means something else is wrong. Don't do it. If...

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