park break

FORD ESCORT
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DEVILBEARCA
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I just bought a 97 ford escort with 245,000. Manual tranny. The park break doens't work. When I pull up on it I can pull it up with 1 finger, no resistance.
Jan 2, 2007 at 12:54 PM
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TAURUSWHEEL
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Obviously, something is either unhooked or broken... A loy of times the cables will start to corrode, what happens is the parking brake will not fully release so people either unhook them or fix it.. with a manual trans you really should have an operable brake.. you know so the day you leave iit in a forward gear facing down the hill, it won't end up in someone's house..
Jan 2, 2007 at 3:12 PM
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