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Driving with E Brake on
Yahoo Message Number: 102812
Greetings from waypoint Flagstaff. Drove one half mile with E Brake engaged. Phew! What a smell. Do I go to defcom 1, 2, 3, or 4? You would think this more idiot proof (for idiots like me).
Re: Driving with E Brake on
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Yahoo Message Number: 102814
wrote: Drove one half mile with E Brake engaged. ...You would think this more idiot proof --- Terry Tanner wrote a "how-to install a parking brake buzzer" document; it's found on the Techsnoz website in "Files":

http://tinyurl.com/nbjgdq

Joan
2003 TK has a new home
Re: Driving with E Brake on
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Yahoo Message Number: 102817
jaysdaze,
 I can't answer the question about the damage if any, but I have driven off with the E-brake on a couple of times also.    (Too much power with the V-10. ).
 Apparently however the emergency brake on the Ford is one of the weak points.  There has been some discussion earlier on the forum.  I followed the excellent directions in the BrakeBuz.pdf  of the Techsnoz group to install a buzzer to prevent this problem.
 I bought the buzzer from Radio Shack for a few dollars and it was simple to install.

Barry Where are we?  http://map.datastormusers.com/user1.cfm?user=122
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Yahoo Message Number: 102819
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Greetings from waypoint Flagstaff. Drove one half mile with E Brake engaged. Phew! What a smell. Do I go to defcom 1, 2, 3, or 4? You would think this more idiot proof (for idiots like me).
Pick a steep hill and see if it will hold you - if so, no worry. If not, have it attended to.

Steve
2004 FL
2013 Honda Fit
Re: Driving with E Brake on
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Yahoo Message Number: 102822
On Jun 1, 2009, at 10:27 AM, jaysdaze wrote:

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Greetings from waypoint Flagstaff. Drove one half mile with E Brake engaged. Phew! What a smell. Do I go to defcom 1, 2, 3, or 4? You would think this more idiot proof (for idiots like me).
Jay, you are not alone....been there, done that, had Terry T. install a really obnoxious reminder buzzer.

In addition to installing the buzzer, for your piece of mind, you might want to have the brake checked out.

Lorna Marathon, FL http://uppity-woman.blogspot.com/
2003 RB
 
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Yahoo Message Number: 102829
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Greetings from waypoint Flagstaff. Drove one half mile with E Brake engaged. Phew! What a smell. Do I go to defcom 1, 2, 3, or 4? You would think this more idiot proof (for idiots like me).
Did that on my 2000 MB. Potentially a very expensive mistake. That version of the emergency brake was not one of Fords "Better Ideas". It is, in fact, a terrible system. When you apply the e-break there are brake shoes that grab onto the drive shaft. The smell you refer to was the burning of the shoes as you drove along with the brake applied. The brake shoes are most likely glazed to the point of useless. That's what happened to mine.
It's nothing that about $1,500.00!! (yes, fifteen hundred)cannot fix. Unless you get real lucky and have one of the few model years that have replaceable shoes, you will find that Ford sells only the entire e-brake unit. Right at $1,100 plus installation.
Call your local Ford dealer. Give them the model year. Then sit down, cross your fingers & toes and hope the pads can be replaced. That will be a $500+- repair job.

Ed

From beautiful Pella, Iowa. Hating being the purveyor of bad news.