At 10:57 AM 7/1/98 -0400, Leckstein wrote:
>Had a problem all spring with my MGA1600, it ran a few minutes and then
>lost power. Finally traced it to clogged fuel filters at the tank (two had
>been added ) Car now drives like a dream.
>
>However the hand brake stopped working last summer. (No resistance on the
>lever, lots of slack in the cable. I assumed a broken cable or a stretched
>one, so I ordered a new one from Moss. Spent half a day yesterday
>installing it, and what did it do, same thing. I can't figure out what's
>wrong. I took up the adjustment all the way and can't get rid of the slack.
>I drilled another hole in the frame and moved the cable stop (the one near
>the adjustment) back an inch and a half, and still no tension on the cable.
>The rear brakes are good and adjusted. the whole thing is beyond me. Any
>ideas what is wrong?
>
>Mike (who parks in First and always catches his clutch)
>
Sorry about the date on this, my wife's super computer can't keep track and
I forgot to reset the date.
Mike
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