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3rd December 2016, 09:00 AM
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MOT Time
Happy Days, the new girl sailed through her MOT yesterday, with only one advisory. Hand brake needs adjusting slightly.
Always worrying when your new car comes up for its first MOT under your ownership.  
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3rd December 2016, 09:04 AM
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Good news
Always good to hear that. Adjsuting the handbrake is a bit fiddly though.
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3rd December 2016, 09:06 AM
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Yay!
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3rd December 2016, 10:42 AM
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Excellent
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3rd December 2016, 11:55 AM
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Great news!
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3rd December 2016, 12:08 PM
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Well done!
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3rd December 2016, 07:18 PM
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Sighs of relief
Brilliant
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#8
4th December 2016, 06:48 AM
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4th December 2016, 09:54 AM
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I had my handbrake set upafter I refurbished/replaced the rear calipers which had sticky pistons and handbrake cable caliper arms problems. The entire procedure for setting up the handbrake - which includes accessing the handbrake cable adjuster - is at the Service Manual for the Brake System in the Tech Dump, Page 97 Sect 6.3. It requires a ratchet extension with UV joint to get the the adjuster nut. But if the handbrake arms on the calipers are corroded then it does require to get that sorted first.
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4th December 2016, 10:51 AM
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Hi Guys,
Thanks for the info. Car is booked into garage on 16th Dec for some work, so will have a looks at handbrake linkage first for corrosion. I will try and clean and lubricate as suggested. To be honest, I do not usually use the handbrake when parked. I tend to rely on P on the gearbox. The wife tends to use handbrake though, so it does get some use. Does anyone else just rely on Park, when parking up for a period 
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