Re: Lincoln LS Parking Brake - Principle?

"Jeff Wisnia" <jwisnia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> My curious mind just wants to know....
>
> I recently aquired a 2004 LS and it's the first car I've ever owned 
> where the parking brake wasn't applied "mechanically" through 
> pulling on a lever pivoted near the floor or pulled out from under 
> the dash or stepped on with my left foot.
>
> What's the operating mechanism which responds to the finger operated 
> parking brake switch located on the console?

The actual brake mechism is the same as you are used to, but instead 
of being operated by a cable, it is operated by an electric motor. The 
2002-2005 Ford Thunderbird shared the actual rear brakes with the LS, 
except they used a traditional cable to operated the parking brakes 
instead of an electric motor.

> Is it as foolproof as the older style mechanically operated 
> "emergency brakes"?

No, not in my opinion. But it probably works OK.

Ed