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Posted by: dflesburg Oct 3 2006, 07:55 PM

need to install a line lock for a parking brake,

What size fittings are on our brake lines?

Posted by: jd74914 Oct 3 2006, 08:08 PM

don't install a line lock for a parking brake

they don't hold the pressure well enough. after a while your car will role away.

the brake lines are 5/16IIRC tho

Posted by: Aaron Cox Oct 3 2006, 08:44 PM

they bleed off pressure and bye bye car.....

why not do the johnman 911 ebrake or get a willwood spot caliper setup from marty or renegade

Posted by: jd74914 Oct 3 2006, 08:57 PM

I'd go for a cable operated wilwood stop caliper.

Posted by: JOHNMAN Oct 4 2006, 09:40 AM

Go to your FLAPS and take a piece of brake line with you. The stock lines are a euorpean bubble flare and the fittings are metric threaded.

You need to take a sample with you to be sure that it matches up. Your FLAPS will have generic straight lines that you will need to bend to fit.

We have already discussed a line lock, but if that is what you are going to do, that is what you are going to do. They will work for a while. I prefer the 911 e-brake solution, but that is my own biased opinion.

Make sure you park in gear.

jus tmy $0.02

Posted by: Aaron Cox Oct 4 2006, 09:43 AM

hijack - whats your relation to each other? brothers? father-son?

Posted by: JOHNMAN Oct 4 2006, 10:27 AM

QUOTE(Aaron Cox @ Oct 4 2006, 07:43 AM)

Posted by: flesburg Oct 4 2006, 12:44 PM

dflesburg,
Or you could just get some wheel chocks.

Harbor Freight probably has them, or you could carry a couple of bricks with you.

You should also put the car in 1st gear.

Or you could get a chain and padlock and always park next to a big sturdy post and chain the car to the post.

Posted by: JOHNMAN Oct 4 2006, 12:48 PM

Aaron,

Before you hijack again, that would be my Dad.

Posted by: dflesburg Oct 4 2006, 01:25 PM

what is FLAPS?

Posted by: dflesburg Oct 4 2006, 01:28 PM

As I stated many times,

The only purpose is to pass the inevitable "CHIP's" side of the road safety inspection... Grrr.

Posted by: JOHNMAN Oct 4 2006, 01:37 PM

A FLAPS is a:

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