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On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 10:30, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > Hi guys, > > Usually when I park my car I leave it in second gear, and sometimes I also > use the emergency brake. > > The other day when parked on a hill I left the car in second gear-and it did > not want to prevent the car from rolling back down the hill. What does this > mean? Is my transmission going bad, or mal-adjusted clutch? > It just means that the hill was too steep for the compression of the engine to hold the car. I always use first or reverse no matter how steep the hill. And if the hill is steep enough, be sure and use the parking brake. BTW, it is a parking brake, not an emergency brake. Even an automatic should not rely on the the "Park" on steep hills. The park pawl in the transmission is spring loaded and can slip with enough force. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org