| [GMCnet] Fw: Brakes Line Locks [message #120644] |
Sat, 02 April 2011 22:49 |
paul h cashman
Messages: 176
Registered: May 2005
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Hi Folks
I told an untruth ,I said I wasnt going to install a line lock..
My Friend said why not ,I have installed several with good results..
We installed the handle, in the Seat Pedstal, below my right hand,flipping up and down.
It has a set of contacts than you can wire to a warning device ,if you loose pressure to the rear Brakes
I used NAPA Brake lines ,we had to make one, double flare, to hook to the Combination valve.
We installed the Micro Brakelock that is used on the bucket trucks that the tree sergons used. These valves are easy to install and bleed (you can see the bleeder valve on the left side of the valve) they can be installed under your dash or up through the floor board of your coach. The valve itself has 1/8th pipe thread and will accept any fitting or adapter that has a 1/8th male end on it.
If there is a coupling in the brake line running to the back brakes it is probably a standard size fitting. You would disconnect the line at this coupling and splice on a new section of brake line to run to the Micro Brakelock in the cab and then use another piece of new line to run back to where you disconnected the coupling. This would leave the original brake line and fittings in tact and would require no adapter fittings.
The little black box on the back of the brake lock is a switch that can be used to activate a warning device (your horn) in the event of lost lock up pressure. It you were out putting the chocks in place and your horn started blowing you would know that you were either loosing the "lock up" or that you were getting a call on the bat phone.
Paul Cashman
Riverdale GA
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Paul H Cashman
Riverdale Ga
1978 Transmode
1975 Corvette
1978 Beetle Convertible
1989 Harley Davidson Sportster
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