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So, after sitting for a day (less than 24 hours) my '73 squareback gets locked up. I tried to break the rear wheels free with the motor a few times, first in reverse then in 1st. Each time the car tried reeeeally hard to go, and I seem to recall it tilting one way, then the other (when I switched gears). Each time I killed the engine. :( After trying to manually rock the car and getting nowhere I review my options. The car absolutely has to move & my floor jack is on loan (figures). Okay, I've my Chevy parked behind it... I'll 'push' it free with mid 60's detroit iron. 3 times I gently nudged up to it, then (while a friend was in the driver seat of the VW on brake detail) started gassing the motor. 3 times I kill the Chevy. The square would NOT BUDGE!!! >:| It took me accelerating about 8 inches (into a carefully placed buffer, mind you) to strike the car free. Then, guess what? The car is fine! No dragging brakes, no weirdness, no bad sounds... I can push the car from a standstill by hand, let go and it'll keep rolling fine.. It also drives just fine too. A friend said that I simply yanked too hard on the P brake, and it is just in need of some lubrication. I say that I've *never* experienced such an effective parking brake. What does that sound like to you? Parking brake? CV joints? Transmission? A reluctant and moody car? Alien abduction memory implant? <kidding... > This hasn't reoccurred, yet, but I'd like to take preventative steps to keep it that way. C.Rochambeau 327/1600 http://binauralaboratories.net ~electronic manipulation's our specialty~ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/