That is definitely not normal. I have a 66, and I can't imagine how this
could have occurred. Sounds like the e-brake cable is not routed correctly,
or one of the hold-downs is detached.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 5/9/06 5:37 AM, Jim Tinkham at jltinkham@tds.net wrote:
> Bought a 66 B roadster last fall and took it for my first long run in it
> Sunday. Everything went great until after clocking about 150 trouble free
> miles I hit a bump in the road. It was hidden in the shadows but didn't feel
> all that bad. Coming down off the bump the rear wheels chirped and suddenly
> the car didn't seem to have the same power. Pulled over and noticed the
> e-brake didn't pull up as far as it had been and the car acted as if the
> brakes were applied. Tried to go on but quickly decided against that as the
> brakes were obviously over heating. So had to suffer the indignity of getting
> it on a flat bed and taking it home that way.
>
> Last night I got under the car to check my theory that the e-brake cable had
> hung up on something. I was totally right. It had hung up on the front of
> the muffler. Got it off and with the exception that the cable seems to have
> stretched some all was well.
>
> My questions are - is this common? How can I prevent it from happening again,
> I don't see anything incorrect in how it is currently installed? It was bad
> enough on a back road I shudder to think if it had happened on the interstate.
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
>
> 66 B Rdstr
> 69 C GT (project still)
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