automatic parking break release

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automatic parking break release

Reply #15 – April 28, 2006, 12:47:55 PM

I know all Tbird LXs with the column shifter had the auto parking brake but I don't know what Cougars did. Hey Blck85TBirdV8 how was yours unhooked? Was it unhooked under the dash or at the vacuum tee under the hood by the brake boster?

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Reply #16 – April 29, 2006, 12:12:31 AM

it was unhooked under the dash and the nipple thing on the tree was backwards. So really the only thing you need to do to unhook it is to turn the nipple on the tree around.

automatic parking break release

Reply #17 – April 29, 2006, 03:28:47 PM

Thanks :D . I just disconected the line under the dash and shoved a small bolt in it. Vola no more vacuum leak:hick:

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Reply #18 – November 28, 2011, 01:07:37 PM

I recently bought a pristine dash and am ready to install it, but I'm stumped by something. When I pulled the old dash, there was a vacuum line hanging, disconnected right over where the fuse block goes. I'm thinking that HAS to be for an automatic parking brake release, but for the life of me, I can't find where it's supposed to go. The car is an 88 TC. Since the car has ATC, the vacuum line couldn't be for HVAC purposes. I've scoured the steering column area for a junction to hook this vacuum line to and don't see anything. Any ideas? I've checked the pedal area for an auto-release mechanism and don't see one of those either.

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Reply #19 – November 28, 2011, 02:26:04 PM

I don't know if the red car's one worked or not, never knew that this was what made the vacuum leak that changed when I moved the column shifter. The crown vic has it and workED flawlessly. My friend and I made so many late-night trips to McD's/taco bell and I'd always use it in the drive thru. He'd just shake his head while I had a huge grin on my face.

Now....with the shortblock I hastily bought to get the car running again, the guy BEFORE the guy I bought it from put a mild cam in it, and now it doesn't pull enough vacuum to actuate it :( :hick:

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Reply #20 – November 30, 2011, 12:38:06 PM

Since the RWBB is a floor-shifted car (it's a TC) I guess I shouldn't be surprized that I didn't find an auto parking brake release. What has me absolutely baffled though, is why in the world would a car with EATC and NO automatic parking brake release have a vacuum line running through the firewall? The auto temp controls don't use vacuum like manual ones do. I just don't understand that.

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Reply #21 – November 30, 2011, 12:54:57 PM

Maybe it's universally part of all dash assemblies, there for a car that's optioned with it, and vestigial when it's not there. I also wondered if maybe it had to do with the dump valve on the brake pedal that tells the cruise servo to shut off when you hit the brakes but as I remember fixing my cruise servo there were only 1/4" (or whatever exact size) rubber hoses going to it not a thin hard plastic vac line.

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Reply #22 – November 30, 2011, 01:00:24 PM

That must be the case. I removed the hose before I put the new dash in. There's no sense in leaving the hose in if it serves no purpose.

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Reply #23 – December 22, 2011, 08:21:16 PM

my 83 Heritage and a 84 elan i owned both had the option. Always worked without a hitch.....