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Hey guys! so i got the car today and its awesome!

just two small things that aren't up to par.

I think the parking brake is broken. when i pressed it down it had so Resistance and it wont come back up unless i reach down with my hand and pull it up. the light comes on but i don't think it actually engages.

also, my father told me that it wont start sometimes in the mornings, he will turn the key and hear nothing. but it starts on the second or third try.

any ideas?

For the starting issue try Lucas injector cleaner I've had that problem with my car b4 and it clears it up for the parking break ur going to have to look at it and possibly tighten it on the back drums

smokingfireball wrote:For the starting issue try Lucas injector cleaner I've had that problem with my car b4 and it clears it up for the parking break ur going to have to look at it and possibly tighten it on the back drums

The Lucas wont help it start if it doesnt turn over to begin with. Thats the issue he is having if I read it correctly

Check your battery ground(black cable) under the back seat. Remove it from where it bolts to the body, take a little sand paper and remove any paint that under where it contacts the body. Then bolt it back down.

Have YOU had the starting issue?

And he doest have drums on an 00+ Bonneville.

I have had a starting issue like that how it won't atari ride away and the Lucas helped me I mean I don't think it hurts to try lol

smokingfireball wrote:I have had a starting issue like that how it won't atari ride away and the Lucas helped me I mean I don't think it hurts to try lol

Yes Im sure it does but if the starter doesnt turn the engine over the Lucas does no good.

And please check what you type before you hit send. Punctuation please and I do not know what atari ride is......

I haven't had the problem happen to me yet. he told me it happens in the mornings. and Ive yet to start it myself in the morning time.

and what am i looking for when i look at my p-brake? like what is it suppose to look like if its not broken?

It is hard to pull it back up or pretty easy? Sounds like the actual mechanism in the pedal assembly is acting up.

well i push it down and it locks in place. and to get it back up i just have to pull it up till it stops, and then back down and then up all the way. it not hard at all.

You do know that there is a point that once you set it, you just push it down a little bit again and it is supposed to pop back up correct?

it does not pop back up when i push back down on it.

i dont think there even is a cable hooked up to it

Rybo wrote:i dont think there even is a cable hooked up to it

Do a little digging and see if there is or isnt. Pull down the kick panel and such, get under there with a flashlight, etc.

And a few pics would help if you can get some. Hard to diagnose things without actually physically looking at the car.

ill put some pics up tomorrow

I applaud the effort to have everything in working order, but is it something you need to put any time into solving? I can't remember the last time I used the parking brake on a car...an automatic anyway.

MARCTHEDUBBS wrote:I applaud the effort to have everything in working order, but is it something you need to put any time into solving? I can't remember the last time I used the parking brake on a car...an automatic anyway.

I dont use em either but on hills and such they help from putting pressure on on the prawl so you can get it out of gear easier.

01bonneSC wrote:

MARCTHEDUBBS wrote:I applaud the effort to have everything in working order, but is it something you need to put any time into solving? I can't remember the last time I used the parking brake on a car...an automatic anyway.

I dont use em either but on hills and such they help from putting pressure on on the prawl so you can get it out of gear easier.

True...we don't have many of those...what are you calling them..."hills"? here in Michigan

01bonneSC wrote:

smokingfireball wrote:I have had a starting issue like that how it won't atari ride away and the Lucas helped me I mean I don't think it hurts to try lol

I do not know what atari ride is......

HAHAHAHAHA! I read that, too. My money is on autocorrect failure. I love technology!

FWIW a parking brake is a vital safety device. I wouldn't trust my life to wheel chocks if I've got the car lifted up in front and am reefing on something from under the car.

I remember one time as a little kid when my dad had placed some bricks out to park his 1970 Camero to do some work on it. They were in the driveway, and he was rolling the car toward them and I was like "Oh no, he probably doesn't see them bricks! He's gonna run em over!" So I ran out and grabbed them, thinking I had saved the day.
When you're under a ton of steel, it's nice to have a couple forms of precaution.

dayton.reed wrote:
HAHAHAHAHA! I read that, too. My money is on autocorrect failure. I love technology!

Its also called check your work and user failure. Its getting pretty rampant on the forums I am on. I post from my phone a lot and always re-read what I type. Some people are just lazy.....

/rant