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RE: Shame on me

To: Ken Gano <triumphs@consolidated.net>, Triumph Mailing List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Shame on me
From: Randall Young <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 19:08:11 -0800
> How does the hand brake locking mechanism work?  Before anyone
> jumps me, I'm
> talking about a 1959 TR3A.
>
> Everything works, it's just the lock doesn't engage.  It works as an
> Emergency brake, but not as a parking brake.

Ken, the TR2/3 has a "fly off" handbrake.  You push the button down to lock
the handle.  To release it, you pull on the handle and then let go without
pushing the button.

I really like it, but it is exactly backwards to the way most cars work.

Randall

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