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Subject:Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
From:Janne Ruohom�ki
Date:Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:44:49 +0200

Saab 99 between 1969 -1975, Citroen xantia (quite new ones).

Ive actually driven a Saab with frontal hand brake. Can you guess how
many times during the inspection the inspector told my father that
"parking brake does not work at all" because testing it from the rear
wheels. Do I get a prize ?

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> ha ha.
> too bad we can't indulge in non-fridae non-vanaogn talk,
> but on Fridae I challenge you to name two cars that have their parking braks
> on the front wheels.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Grebneff" <goose1047@GMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
>
>
>> If the rear handbrake is grabbing at less than one click than things are
>>>
>>> seriously out of adjustment.
>>>
>>
>> I can't get my front handbrake to work very well.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Andrew Grebneff
>> Dunedin
>> New Zealand
>> Fossil preparator
>> Mollusc, Toyota & VW van fan
>