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yeah, um, that's not really an option on well adjusted ebrakes...
sometimes you can backup to get friction that will melt the ice. but forward is usually beyond the capabilities of the vehicle.
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What about cars that have a manual transmission? How are they supposed to park in the freezing cold???
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I wasn't saying it was an everyday thing, just in superfrigid temps, (waaaaay below zero) after driving through snow and such, the accumulated water can seize the ebrake. it happened to enough this winter that the announced it on the news in the south...
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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On all of my cars, before going into park, I apply brake, move gear selector to N then engage parking brake. Finally, I move gear selector to P. Going out of P, I move shifter to R or D then disengage parking brake.
To my beautiful wife (married 16 years today) the above formula is more complicated than string theory. I usually have to walk her through it every time. She doesn't understand why we can't be like everyone else and just rip the gear selector like its a one-armed-bandit. I don't want any strain on the transmission. This pretty much eliminates wear on the selector pauls and bushings. (That being said, I could park my 83 Crown Vic on the steepest hill or driveway and it would slide into and out of gear like buttah). Miss that old easy chair of a car. However, 8 mpg was killing me.)
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one of the guys I work with ALWAYS shuts down the car in D, rolls to a stop, and then puts it in Park after the vehicle is no longer moving.
hypermilers usually shutoff the engine prior to stopping as well... inertia don't burn any fuel! I hate it when somebody uses park to stop the car from moving... ugh! reminds me of the scene in The Terminator where sara conner slams it into park while reece and t1000 are fighting through the windshield... NO WAY it would have stopped... or smoked the tires... it would've just gone BING BING BING BING over and over until they hit the wall...
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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I think i'm going to have more problems than the parking brake in super frigid temperatures
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As for the original question- Shift linkage bushings. This is a known issue, I got mine with "transmission problems" because of these bushings, I drove it for a couple months then parted it out. Use the parking brake, if your bellows seals on the cables are in good shape there won't be any freezing problems. |
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it will blow my mind if an american automatic transmission parking pawl stopped a fast moving car!!!
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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread "as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do! My drivers: 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5Turbo 1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!! 1987 300TD 1987 300TD 1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere! |
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