Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Thanks everyone. I think I'll just leave the lever where it is and find
somewhere else to stash my quarters.

Ed - Chicago


"Jeff Strickland" <beerman@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "sm3gurpal" <elambeth@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:88f4ec61.0308241757.4cd09789@posting.google.c om...
> > > No, there is no way to move them unless you have fabrication skills
that
> > > will let you mount a foot operated parking brake in tghe very tight
> > > footwells of your TJ.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I don't know why you would want to do this. There are lots of
> > off-road situations, and occasionally on-road situations (such as
> > driving in San Francisco,) where you will want to be able to hold the
> > emergency brake on it and slowly feather off it while engaging the
> > clutch, so as to prevent you from rolling backward while shifting into
> > gear.
> >
> > This is MUCH easier with a hand-operated emergency brake than with a
> > foot operated brake. (Think about it, you're trying to work the
> > clutch, gas pedal, and brake release all at the same time. That's
> > three pedals. And unfortunately, most people only have two feet.)
> >
>
> Oh, pulleeze! If you need the parking brake to hold you on the hill, maybe
> you ought to reconsider having a manual trans. Especially for street
> driving.
>
> The idea is not to release everything all at the same time. The idea is to
> release the clutch partially until it can hold your car, then -- and ONLY
> then -- transfer the foot from the brake pedal to the gas pedal, then
gently
> release the clutch the rest of the way while applying enought gas to get
> going.
>
> There are times on the trail where it would be nice to have use of a hand
> brake to prevent rolling back, but serioulsy, on the street?
>
>
>
> > I've wished many a time that my CJ had a hand operated brake instead
> > of a foot pedal. Eventually I will probably get annoyed enough to
> > convert it, but right now I've got my stereo in a Tuffy console where
> > the brake lever would go. *sigh* Maybe I'll mount it on the roll
> > bar. <g>
>
> How about installing a hand throttle? Then you could use your feet to work
> the pedals, and operate the gas with your hand. Mount your hand throttle
to
> the shifter, near the top. A gear change lever, or a brake lever, and
cable
> will work really good for this.
>
>
>
>

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

> Oh, pulleeze! If you need the parking brake to hold you on the hill, maybe
> you ought to reconsider having a manual trans. Especially for street
> driving.
>
> <snip>
>
> There are times on the trail where it would be nice to have use of a hand
> brake to prevent rolling back, but serioulsy, on the street?
>

As I said in my original post, this comes in handy frequently off
road, and perhaps occasionally on-road, such as if you are driving in
San Francisco.

If this strikes you as unreasonable, I wager that you have never
driven a manual transmission vehicle in the hills of San Francisco.

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

> Oh, pulleeze! If you need the parking brake to hold you on the hill, maybe
> you ought to reconsider having a manual trans. Especially for street
> driving.
>
> <snip>
>
> There are times on the trail where it would be nice to have use of a hand
> brake to prevent rolling back, but serioulsy, on the street?
>

As I said in my original post, this comes in handy frequently off
road, and perhaps occasionally on-road, such as if you are driving in
San Francisco.

If this strikes you as unreasonable, I wager that you have never
driven a manual transmission vehicle in the hills of San Francisco.

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Approximately 8/26/03 14:43, sm3gurpal uttered for posterity:

>> Oh, pulleeze! If you need the parking brake to hold you on the hill, maybe
>> you ought to reconsider having a manual trans. Especially for street
>> driving.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> There are times on the trail where it would be nice to have use of a hand
>> brake to prevent rolling back, but serioulsy, on the street?
>>
>
> As I said in my original post, this comes in handy frequently off
> road, and perhaps occasionally on-road, such as if you are driving in
> San Francisco.
>
> If this strikes you as unreasonable, I wager that you have never
> driven a manual transmission vehicle in the hills of San Francisco.

Or watched Nash Bridges or Bullitt, or Streets of San Francisco,
or Dirty Harry or... or... or...

I suspect it would take a compression ratio in the 30 or 40 to 1
range to hold a car on several SF streets with nothing but the
manual transmission and engine.

Re: removing or relocating emergency brake handle
 

Approximately 8/26/03 14:43, sm3gurpal uttered for posterity:

>> Oh, pulleeze! If you need the parking brake to hold you on the hill, maybe
>> you ought to reconsider having a manual trans. Especially for street
>> driving.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> There are times on the trail where it would be nice to have use of a hand
>> brake to prevent rolling back, but serioulsy, on the street?
>>
>
> As I said in my original post, this comes in handy frequently off
> road, and perhaps occasionally on-road, such as if you are driving in
> San Francisco.
>
> If this strikes you as unreasonable, I wager that you have never
> driven a manual transmission vehicle in the hills of San Francisco.

Or watched Nash Bridges or Bullitt, or Streets of San Francisco,
or Dirty Harry or... or... or...

I suspect it would take a compression ratio in the 30 or 40 to 1
range to hold a car on several SF streets with nothing but the
manual transmission and engine.