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73series88
12-12-2010, 03:17 PM
hey whats going on.
so im riding out to rhode island this afternoon to get some beer,
and everythings great. after a while im thinking to my self
is it possable to swap the parking brake handle assembely over to the right hand position or do i have to get a right hand drive handle setup?
as the handle is embeding itself into my right calf.
looked at the parts in the catalog to see if there were rhd parts but i didnt see any.
just wondering if anybody new before i started taking things apart?
thanks
aaron

oh yeh
73 series 88
leafsprung
12-12-2010, 03:20 PM
yes
73series88
12-12-2010, 04:05 PM
yes to what?
can i move it?
or do i need rhd parts?
sorry
aaron
SafeAirOne
12-12-2010, 04:22 PM
Yes you can move it if you have the correct parts.
Dave-MI
12-12-2010, 05:42 PM
Great question, I have the same problem with it digging into my leg. I always wanted to swap the parking brake handle in my 72, 88 with one out of a series 1 land rover, that way it would remain on the drivers side but down low and out of the way!
73series88
12-12-2010, 06:42 PM
Which parts are the correct parts?
Thanks
Aaron
SafeAirOne
12-12-2010, 07:04 PM
I'll try to snap a pic of my RHD system or post the page in the SIII Parts manual showing the correct bits...
SafeAirOne
12-12-2010, 07:56 PM
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5255798809_39d9112d61_b.jpg
73series88
12-13-2010, 12:47 PM
awesome
thanks mark
luckyjoe
12-13-2010, 12:58 PM
You could also switch to the II/IIA lever, which basically lays on the floor vs. your current upright lever position...
Mercedesrover
12-13-2010, 03:18 PM
so im riding out to rhode island this afternoon to get some beer....

B double e double r u n
Beer run.

Don't you love living in CT?
We head to NY on this side of the state.
Terrys
12-13-2010, 03:46 PM
Both of you, stay home and brew your own.
73series88
12-13-2010, 04:44 PM
Unfortunatly
Demand would wipe out supply.
And I'm not a patient man when it comes to beer.
Aaron
stomper
12-14-2010, 06:26 AM
OK, so us people who don't live in Conneticut, why are you driving out of state for beer? Is it the taxes, or the selection? Inquiring minds want to know!
Terrys
12-14-2010, 08:48 AM
No alcohol sold in CT on Sundays. Aaron goes to RI, Jim goes to NY, and I'm 10 miles from Sothwick MA. I feel sorry for Forrest, he's right smack in the middle of the shoreline.
TedW
12-14-2010, 10:32 AM
No alcohol sold in CT on Sundays.

That's just so wrong.............................uncivilized, IMO.
Mercedesrover
12-14-2010, 10:35 AM
We can buy wine from a vineyard on Sunday as it's considered an agricultural product.
SeriesShorty
12-14-2010, 11:27 AM
I'm gonna hi-jack the hi-jack :p Does anyone know if the ex-MoD trucks have the same parking brake set up/parts as the standard civvy trucks? Of course, this is relating to my IIa. Mine has the straight type of handle and on every other truck I've see they have the bent handle set-up.

Thanks,
J
xsbowes
12-14-2010, 11:50 AM
My Lightweight's handbrake points up. SIII.
LaneRover
12-14-2010, 12:46 PM
We can buy wine from a vineyard on Sunday as it's considered an agricultural product.

Sounds like someone needs to plant a few barley/hops beer plants and open a brewery on the property.
Terrys
12-14-2010, 01:56 PM
I may be wrong, and happy to stand corrected, but I thought all early 2As had the straight handle, and it changed with the black-dash change, i.e. Negative ground, ca. 1967. You can always chop and weld, but the handles for RHD and LHD are different.

Jim, somehow, a glass of wine while wrenching seems so, uh, conflicted. TeriAnn may legitimately argue this.