electric hand brake

[SeriesLandy]

Originally Posted by les g

Frankie apparently one of the jags uses electric handbrakes.
cheers les g

It's the s type that has the electric handbrake. (the mother in law has one).

They used to be illegal, how do they handle a battery failure or other power off situations?

If they lock in a power off situation, what happens if this happens when the car is at speed?

I can't see how they work

Cheers

Chris

[frankie boy]

HI Chris
My friend builds car for the disabled. He also sells after market parts like rain sensor for automatic wipers, lights sensors. I tried his car with the electric brake and it works well. Not just when you’re parking but on a hill start. I will get some more information on how it works. I do know that when it on automatic it comes on from the Speedo not giving a pulse. He did tell me how all works but I had a long day and didn’t take it all in. As he will give me one for a favour done I think I mite give it a try.

[les g]

i think you are right i,m almost sure they are fitted to the VW passatts
drove one of our repmobiles the other day and it had a pushbutton on the dash for the handbrake
cheers les g
my new merc vito has a foot parking brake quite like it now i,m used to it
but where would i put one in a a roadster ????????????
passenger foot well !!!!!!!!!!! dont think MR SVA would like that much !!!!!

Nooooo don't do it the devil lives in them there wires and when you aint looking and just for a giggle he will ping the button and your car is in a wall...


what's wrong with carbs and a few wires instead of all this trickery devil injection gubbins and wee black boxes that work one day and not the next

[flyerncle]

Passat,A4,A6, Megane Scenic,and other combinations.
Scenic has red handle in boot floor to overide it in emergency situation.
VAG has eletric motors fitted to inboard rear of calipers and controlled by ECU/ECM and senses pad wear,must be wound back with laptop/diagnostic equipment as it counts the turns and then send it back when pads are fitted,if not done properly info display tells you it has not been adapted properly. You still have to push back the piston manually and they will shut if voltage drops,a battery charger must be used to stop this.
Is it worth the trouble ?
Frankie,does you friend do a "low water level sensor " would be handy to have.
Old Citroen "D"s used to have "foot hand brake" and the Tuareg has it as well in auto version,
Also fitted to lots of Mercs in auto's

Got to agree with Mark,Bring back the Dwell Angle and points/condensors ! .


Regards All

[Coozer]

Originally Posted by flyerncle

Passat,A4,A6, Megane Scenic,and other combinations.
Scenic has red handle in boot floor to overide it in emergency situation.
Regards All

What use is the handle in the boot when its running away down the hill??

Surely its easier to put the mechanical handle some where else? Like a umbrella handle type thingy under the dash?

Steve