Doggoned cars develop a personality, huh? It drove OK afterwards
except that the E brake won't hold well. One of those Moss cables that
Kelvin said suffered from "specification drift." ;^) Rotten weather
this weekend. I'll drive it some more and then tighten up the
adjustment a notch. Wouldn't surprise me if it duplicates your car's
behavior.
CR
Paul Hunt wrote:
> Had this myself a couple of years ago, after fifteen years without any
> problem. Couldn't find anything wrong, but slacking off the adjuster
> one notch stopped it happening, and this year when servicing the brakes
> and adjusting as I always had done before again no problem.
>
> PaulH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> I cranked up our '69 B one day last weekend and when I began to back
>> it out of the garage it felt like the emergency brake hadn't completely
>> released. So I get it into the driveway and move it forward. Hah! The
>> brakes released. Hmmm, what happens if I reverse it? Did so. The rear
>> brakes applied themselves. Well, I'll be...
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