Or...  fix your parking brake so that the van doesn't move well when it's
engaged.

Cheers,

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:31 PM
Subject: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)

> This is the third time I've forgotten to take off the parking brake
> before driving. It's not like the brakes are so monstrous that I'll
> notice on the first quarter-mile downhill away from the house, and my
> sitting position places the steering wheel right between the dash Brake
> light and my eyesballs.
>
> I'm gonna rig some alarm to sound when the Brake warning light is on and
> the transmission is in gear.
>
> Mellow Yellow has an automatic transmission, and the starter won't turn
> if the van is not in Park, so there's some wire that connects to a
> switch on the shift linkage or something. I can't find that wire in
> Bentleys.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR