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#1 2025-01-30 22:48:10

Graydog
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Registered: 2018-12-26
Posts: 28

Hand Brake Location

Hi, Just wondering if any other MK 2 van owners out there have moved or thought about moving the location of the Handbrake lever?
I have an expert teepee Gleneagles conversion so I don't have the front bench seat so would like to change the position of the handbrake lever to between the two front seats!
Has anyone any experience or help they can pass on before I have to find out the hard way?
Cheers Stephen (Graydog)

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#2 2025-01-31 02:19:48

kenbw2
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From: Preston
Registered: 2017-11-26
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Re: Hand Brake Location

Seems a bold choice. I bet not impossible, it's just a cable. Guess you'd need a strong anchor point. I'm assuming like with the Mk1 it's attached to the seat

Is there a reason you want to move it? I quite like mine on the right now, makes it easier to use the space between the seats


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#3 2025-01-31 12:06:06

Graydog
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Registered: 2018-12-26
Posts: 28

Re: Hand Brake Location

I know what you mean about the space between the front seats but as I am getting older I am finding it more awkward to get to the hand brake without opening the door to do it.
I was even thinking of a solenoid or something on those lines!

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#4 2025-01-31 20:10:21

Eddie Honda
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Registered: 2023-08-27
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Re: Hand Brake Location

My late father has a 2007 Mercedes Sprinter which he bought because it had a wheel chair lift at the back.

It may have been a Gleneagles thing. What I do remember was it had an electric handbrake on a switch modification. The handbrake utilised a (rather expensive) linear actuator to pull the cable on and off and there was a rocker switch on the dashboard to operate it.

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#5 2025-01-31 20:21:02

Eddie Honda
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Registered: 2023-08-27
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Re: Hand Brake Location

https://www.hollinapplications.com/auto … dbrake-kit

Would be the general idea. Not cheap, but then anything with a "mobility aid" utility tends to be expensive.

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#6 2025-02-01 11:12:45

tee_cee
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Registered: 2016-03-18
Posts: 607

Re: Hand Brake Location

That 70's style toggle switch is hideous, which allows them to upsell a normal switch for £40

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