Guess I'm gonna just hafta crawl under there and see how Dodge made it
work ;-)
Larry
On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 10:14 AM, Ajhsys@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/15/03 11:15:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu writes:
>
>
> This question makes me wonder a bit
> about 4 wheel disc brakes. My Dakota has them. I seem to recall a
> discussion a long time ago that Chevy still used drums on the rear of
> the 'Vette because nobody had figured out how to make a disc brake
> parking brake release. They could figure out how to apply them, just
> not release.
>
>
>
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> My Mitsu has 4 wheel disks also. The rear brake rotors also have a
> brake drum and tiny little cable operated brake shoes inside for the
> parking brake. Kinda like having 6 brakes.
>
> My '67 Rover 2000TC had 4 wheel disks, but I can't remember how the
> parking brake worked. I have the book at home. (Somewhere!)
>
> The new Contour (well, new to me) has rear drums. :-( I can upgrade
> to SVT brakes, but I have to recover some finances first!
>
> Allen Hefner
> Phila. Region SCCA Rally Steward
> '77 MG Midget (#51 FSP)
> '75 MG Midget (The Project)
> '99 Ford Contour SE Sport (24v V6)
>
>
--
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The bottom line: Sure, there's pain in adopting the Mac. But if I accept
that, I get to use a computer that works, and that pretty much does
what I
expect and want a computer to do.
Stewart Alsop
FORTUNE.com
Monday, June 25, 2001
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