| Re: [GMCnet] The KISS Parking Brake [message #220556] |
Fri, 30 August 2013 16:02  |
KB
Messages: 1262
Registered: September 2009
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> And Karen , if the motor won't start there's no need to release the kiss brake ;)
OK, worst case scenario: you have the kiss brake installed.
The motor won't start. It needs to be towed. Your booster has
leaked down so much you can't get the hook off to release the brakes,
and you don't have an aux vac booster (which you really, really
should, but that's another topic).
Solution: loosen the nut holding the eye-bolt at the base
of the steering column to release the kiss brake.
The only issue to the KISS brake I see is the brake lights being on.
I don't know if moving those to a switched circuit would prevent
the hazard lights from working without the key in the ignition.
That could be a problem. You could add an interrupt (switch or fuse)
to the wires at the brake pedal switch, or just pull the plug off
the switch at the pedal temporarily (and add a note to yourself
to plug it back in...)
I just don't see the downside to such a simple, cheap solution
to a common problem. Thanks Kerry for thinking this up.
Karen
1973 23'
1975 26'
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Karen
1975 26'
San Jose, CA
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