RE: [alfa] E-brake won't catch

["John Paradiso" <johnp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my case this was caused by wear on the doohickey inside the brake handle.
Said doohickey engages the crescent shaped, toothed whachamacalit.
Scavenging the brake handle from an abandoned 83 Spider made it all better.

(See #14 in the attached image)

John Paradiso
Nominatively challenged in Northampton, MA

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>From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On 
>Behalf Of ALfactor@domain.elided
>Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 11:47 PM
>To: alfa@domain.elided
>Subject: [alfa] E-brake won't catch
>
>Greetings all:
>Pulled the e-brake handle yesterday and it didn't engage.  I 
>can feel  it 
>clicking but it won't stay on, the handle just drops back.
>Is this usually an adjustment issue or a wear issue in the 
>handle  assemble?
>Any advise would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks,
>M. Fisher
>'74 Spider
>Dublin, CA
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