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Old May 7, 2018 | 03:52 PM
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My hand brake has been missing its push button since I bought the car. I have manual trans, and regularly use the hand brake. Sometimes it requires more than a little fiddling to get the brake to release. That L shaped piece of metal I have to push on plays hell with my thumb - sometimes.

I was wondering if anyone had come up with a clever, workable replacement for that plastic button I don't have. Just something that works and doesn't come off all the time.
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Old May 7, 2018 | 07:14 PM
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No trick here, but what about just replacing the parking brake lever? I can't imagine it costing too much.
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Originally Posted by hcbph
No trick here, but what about just replacing the parking brake lever? I can't imagine it costing too much.
Thanks. You're probably right about what to do. $100-$185 on fleabuy. Cheapest one I saw looked like it was pulled from a river. No NOS or service parts could I find. Naively hoping for something that isn't a project. Being dumb and lazy rarely has advantages.
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Being dumb and lazy rarely has advantages.
I beg to differ, ignorance is bliss, and being lazy doesn't mean putting off till tomorrow what you can do today, because, well, you're not gonna do it anyway.
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Originally Posted by mtwoolford
being lazy doesn't mean putting off till tomorrow what you can do today, because, well, you're not gonna do it anyway.
I think you probably just nailed this, MTW
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