Re: [MV] Mico locked??

From: Everette (194cbteng@pchnet.com)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 16:33:58 PDT


yes -- little round plate with lever sticking out of it - flip switch and
valve in brake line closes will not let fluid back into master cylinder
Everette

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Martin" <mung@in-touch.net>
To: "Everette" <194cbteng@pchnet.com>

I was thinkin that this is what we always called a line lock??? Fred Martin

Everette wrote:
> Mico Brake system
>
> I have a good friend that got the nickname "shoes" when he drove fire
truck
> to fire - about 2 miles - and while they fought fire in house the other
> truck fought fire under the truck he drove for he had not released the
Mico
> switch and got brakes hot enough to smoke like the wheels were on fire.
>
> Mico is an excellent (My .02) device, just be sure that you apply brakes
> when you set it that truck will not pull itself then what happened to my
> friend will not happen to you; for if you really push brake pedal hard the
> truck will not move. These are on lots of tow trucks to give all wheel
> brakes for winching.
>
>



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