AW: [DML] Re: Parking my Delorean on a Hill

["Fredvienna" <fredvienna@xxxx>]

hi,

i used to park my car (not the delorean, another one but this is not the
point) sometimes in a high grade driveway. the parkingbrake was weak and so
i used to carry a wooden wedge in my car and put it during parking under the
front wheel. it?s not the "good looking" method, but a safe one.

greetings,
Fred
VIN 7069

[MODERATOR'S DISCLAIMER: I suggest that if your parking break is not holding well that the approrpiate course of action would be to fix the parking brake.]

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Von: content22207 [mailto:brobertson@xxxx]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. September 2002 22:06
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Betreff: [DML] Re: Parking my Delorean on a Hill


The PRV is a low compression engine. Doesn't take much of an incline
to rotate it in gear. Have you tightened your parking brake cables? Is
really easy (and mine were 9/16 English!). They do stretch with time.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxx, billsfanmd@xxxx wrote:
> Just a quick question about parking a 5-speed on a hill. Our
driveway has a
> medium grade and sometimes if I dont have room in the garage I will
park it
> for a few hours or a day on the driveway. I have always driven
5-speeds and
> whenever I park on any hill I keep the car in gear AND use the
parking brake.
> My question is it seems like when I put my D in gear with the car
off it does
> not engage and would roll backwards. SO it seems the onl ything
holding my
> car in place is the parking brake. Is this correct? Does the
Delorean 5-speed
> not engage when parked? My honda accord would stay put on the side of a
> mountain if the car was parked and in gear......
>
> As far as I know my transmission and clutch are fine.....
>
> Mike C
> Baltimore
> 2109
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]



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