ANTAUS Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 My link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oh god....not this crap again....people, it is called a parking brake for a reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goinbroke2 Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 In other news "vehicles left running over night when owner thought they turned them off" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Oh god....not this crap again....people, it is called a parking brake for a reason! Actually, it's called an "emergency brake" for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8-X Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Let's hope the Ford black boxes are more useful than those used by Toyota and can determine if the vehicle was truly in P or if in R, N, D, L, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Actually, it's called an "emergency brake" for a reason. Noah....actually it is called a parking brake...from my owners manual on page #161.... Parking brake To set the parking brake (1), pull the parking brake handle up as far as possible. The BRAKE warning lamp will illuminate and will remain illuminated until the parking brake is released. To release, press and hold the button (2), pull the handle up slightly, then push the handle down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theDuff Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Actually, it's called an "emergency brake" for a reason. Ford calls it a "parking brake". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Unless I miss my guess shift interlock prevents you from removing the key from the cylinder unless the car is in park. Also, having jacked up the front end of my FWD Fords on a few occasions, I can tell you that you need to loosen the lugs before you jack the tires off the floor because Ford's wheels spin freely--but in opposite directions--while the car is in park. Always been curious how they do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanh Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Unless I miss my guess shift interlock prevents you from removing the key from the cylinder unless the car is in park. Also, having jacked up the front end of my FWD Fords on a few occasions, I can tell you that you need to loosen the lugs before you jack the tires off the floor because Ford's wheels spin freely--but in opposite directions--while the car is in park. Always been curious how they do that. LOL...do they drug screen moderators here?...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 LOL...do they drug screen moderators here?...... Go put your Fiesta on jackstands and try it out yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theDuff Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Unless I miss my guess shift interlock prevents you from removing the key from the cylinder unless the car is in park. Also, having jacked up the front end of my FWD Fords on a few occasions, I can tell you that you need to loosen the lugs before you jack the tires off the floor because Ford's wheels spin freely--but in opposite directions--while the car is in park. Always been curious how they do that. Its a lot easier to see in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Go put your Fiesta on jackstands and try it out yourself. That's the way open differentials work when one side is turning while the input is stationary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Thanks. I was thinking that it was something to do with the differential, but for the life of me couldn't imagine how the gears would work..... Took a general aptitude test in junior high---worst score I got was in spatial reasoning, so that's probably why I couldn't imagine what was going on with those gears.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 Thanks. I was thinking that it was something to do with the differential, but for the life of me couldn't imagine how the gears would work..... Took a general aptitude test in junior high---worst score I got was in spatial reasoning, so that's probably why I couldn't imagine what was going on with those gears.... I am good with spatial reasoning and I still can't understand how the damn things work. I've seen the animations, etc. but it just doesn't click. Sort of like Calculus. One day I just had to know how 3-way light switches work, so I took 2 switches, some short pieces of wire and a voltmeter and 5 minutes later I got it. Now I can wire up a 3-way switch blindfolded without having to look it up and I can do it different ways. I hate not knowing how something works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJensen Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I remember the day calculus clicked... Had a great prof. An ABD guy who played a mean sax in a jazz band and recognized the possibility--if not the likelihood--of an interesting life existing outside mathematics. He was also one of the reviewers of the textbook we were using. On the animation, the large gear is driven by the transmission. The two smaller concentric gears drive the front wheels, and the four gears attached to the larger gear on shafts allow the gears driving the front wheels to move at different speeds. When the two axle gears are moving at the same speed, the differential gears do not move at all. When there is drag on one of the wheels (the inside wheel when cornering), one of the gears slows down, and the differential gears that were stationary begin to spin, causing the opposite wheel to spin faster. The problem with differential animations is that they tend to show the differential gears spinning all the time--they don't. They only spin when there's a difference in the rate of rotation between the two wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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