Larry-NC
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Keep forgetting they didn't save my bookmarks when they changed over.Wow! The way-back machine! TURBS' comment was from Jun 23, 2014.
Keep forgetting they didn't save my bookmarks when they changed over.Wow! The way-back machine! TURBS' comment was from Jun 23, 2014.
Well I have at least 10 of them on vehicles and trailers...........What’s a drum brake?![]()
No, her Toyota was like mine and it does have the word 'BRAKE" illuminated when the ebrake is engaged2.55R11
No such word in the light. The "international" symbol looks something like this: (o) to indicate a drum brake.
lol the real throw back is i regularly drive a car with 4 wheel drum brakes... and a single pot master cylinderWhat’s a drum brake?![]()
Explain how when the parking brake is engaged on my F-150 there's a big, bright, red BRAKE illuminated in the instrument cluster.2.55R11
No such word in the light. The "international" symbol looks something like this: (o) to indicate a drum.
I saw a car like that a couple weeks ago. A beautifully restored 1939 Oldsmobile Series 70 Sedan.lol the real throw back is i regularly drive a car with 4 wheel drum brakes... and a single pot master cylinder
And a good thing too, I would probably never realize the indicator is a drum and brake shoes. At least I think it is once looking at it.Explain how when the parking brake is engaged on my F-150 there's a big, bright, red BRAKE illuminated in the instrument cluster.
Looks like a steering wheel with hands too.And a good thing too, I would probably never realize the indicator is a drum and brake shoes. At least I think it is once looking at it.
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Almost as funny as the customer stories are all the tangents we delve off into caused by this thread.Just look at my avatar pic. 99% of those have 4 wheel drum brakes.....
Got curious my 2015 Honda Pilot only says brake in red, but my 2005 Dodge 3500 has Brake in red and the symbol. The batteries are out of both Mustangs for the winter so don't know on them.
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So true...............................Almost as funny as the customer stories are all the tangents we delve off into caused by this thread.
Sooo, that's what the circled exclamation point inside the parenthesis means! Here I thought my high school english teacher came back to haunt me.And a good thing too, I would probably never realize the indicator is a drum and brake shoes. At least I think it is once looking at it.
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"Everybody has them" and not only that, they're cheaper too....
My favorite is when someone comes in, bangs the desk and insists we have to match the pricing from a nearby big box store. And then watch in disbelief when I smile and calmly raise my price to "match" the other guys because we were already lower.....
He doesn't by chance have a daughter in Louisiana? Asking for a friendThis was a long time ago, but my brother borrowed my V8 Dodge Dakota and called me saying it was down on power. It just so happened that my mom and dad were at my house, so I told him to bring it over and we'd take a look at it (my dad was an amazing mechanic, ran his own shop for decades). It's nighttime by the time he gets to my house, he pulls into my driveway and the rear brakes are glowing almost as bright as the sun. There was no question what the problem was - he left the parking brake on. He didn't see the glowing BRAKE light either.
HAHA, he might, he lives near Freeport, TX so it's not too far, and he's a bit of a "free spirit" if you know what I mean.He doesn't by chance have a daughter in Louisiana? Asking for a friend