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Re: Car stuck on drive

To: george_perkins@btopenworld.com ("George Perkins"), triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Car stuck on drive
From: ZoboHerald@aol.com
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:06:09 -0500
In a message dated 3/30/2005 2:30:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, "George Perkins" 
<george_perkins@btopenworld.com> writes:

>I have had the TR6 parked up during the winter...
>The last time I went to drive it it didnt want to
>move either forward or back but by dropping the clutch pretty hard in
>reverse it eventually moved and was fine to drive.  I thought I had left the
>handbrake on and the shoes had bound.  So I parked it again about six weeks
>ago and put a block under the rear wheel and left the handbrake off.  Again
>the car doesnt want to move either back or forwards....Do you agree its
>just the brakes sticking on.


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Seems likely, but I'll wager it is the front brakes. I've had this happen with 
a TR3A, GT6 and Ford Explorer.

--Andy Mace




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