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How about some more info on those simple tricks to installing a new brake
spring?
If I have to get a jump start one more time because of that brake
spring...
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, tcape wrote:
> Eric, before you start checking all the complicated wiring stuff, check one
> simple thing first.....the return spring for the brake pedal. About a year
> ago, I was having the same problem you describe....tail lights staying on
> and running the battery down. I started checking all the wiring, then
> realized that if I lifted up on the brake pedal, the lights went out. Turns
> out the brake spring had just gotten weak over the years and wouldn't return
> the brake pedal to the top. Put on a new spring (generic clutch/brake
> spring from my LAPD) and the problem was fixed. Simple solution....cost $2.
>
> If this turns out to be your problem, there are some simple tricks to
> putting on the new brake (or clutch) spring. Let me know if you need more
> info. Good luck!
> Tom Caperton
Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
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