Doug wrote:
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> "mac davis" <mac.splinters@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:st6504l78rl3cnu771d8g912ut48k2aud9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 23:28:23 GMT, "Doug" <DZappyNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>> I used one often when I was towing, to check brake lights without
help..
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>> Mine was a 3" long broom stick, one end on the brake pedal, the other
on
>> the
>> driver's seat, holding the pedal down..
>> "low tech" lol
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>> mac
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> LOL, you know Mac, I get so caught up with doing things with the proper
> tools or going thru the proper channels, the simplest things, such as
> using a broomstick, just didn't dawn on me....
> I was kind of thinking though, they might have a tool that is spring
> loaded
> or something that would keep a constant pressure on it all the way to
the
> floor though. So I was definitely thinking specialty. But a broom
handle
> would indeed be a low tech solution!
>
> Keep the suggestions coming, for nothing is beyond consideration at this
> point!!
>
> Thanks guys!
>
> Doug
Except I think its more than 3" from the seat to the pedal, My legs are at
least 6" in diameter and I'm skinny. I would think its closer to 3' from
the seat to the pedal :)


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