Probably the same place where you get those "wawful" brakes. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: E-brake relocation
> Where does one get a cable "lengthered"?? > > Jeff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Andrew Grebneff > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 8:54 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: E-brake relocation > > > It's a simple modification. If you want an underdash pull-out > ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at a wrecker, > make mounts to fit it under the dash... you'll need a couple of > pulleys to run the cable around and have the cable lengthered. > > I had the underdash handbrake on my 70 Toyota Crown coupe replaced > with a floor-mount (pull-up... fortunately very few nonUS-made > vehicles have those wawful foot-operated parking brakes). Lever-types > are far more ergonomic. > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin > New Zealand > Fossil preparator > <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> > Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut > > HUMANITY: THE ULTIMATE VON NEUMANN MACHINE > > DEMOCRACY: RULE BY THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR > |
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