Honda S2000

[MrH]

No more squealing brakes!!

Drives great. Hand brake light is still on though. Not sure if I have to reset it or what.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Just put a sticker over it.

[MrH]

Arrrrrgh. Took the center console off. There's a momentary switch that senses whether the parking brake is up or not. With the handle down, there's still like a 5 mm gap from the metal tab hitting the switch. It's not a tension issue on the parking brake cable.  It's like the geometry of the parking brake mechanism itself hits a hard stop prior to making contact with the momentary switch.

I'm guessing the previous guy but something together wrong, but it's just not jumping out to me what it is.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Can't you just bend the mounting tab?

[MrH]

Mounting tab is just a square. When the parking brake is fully released, it should hit the face of it flat on top of the button. With it fully down, it's just offset. There isn't really a direction I can bend it to get it to hit the button square.

Right now, the best option would just be to make a spacer of some sort. I've got some Sugru that could work I guess

[FlatBlackCaddy]

The switch doesn't have a threaded body for adjustment? I guess a picture would help. Otherwise if nothing is bent or damaged then it must be a worn switch possibly with limited travel.

[MrH]

Give me a second. I'll post some pics.

[MX793]

Mounting tab is just a square. When the parking brake is fully released, it should hit the face of it flat on top of the button. With it fully down, it's just offset. There isn't really a direction I can bend it to get it to hit the button square.

Right now, the best option would just be to make a spacer of some sort. I've got some Sugru that could work I guess

Clearly a sign that that car has been in a serious accident that bent the frame.  Better unload it now.  I've give you $100.

[MrH]

https://vimeo.com/171850757

[MrH]

Alright, I attempted to make a video explaining it.

[Cookie Monster]

Can't you just bend that little square thing down a little bit?

You're probably right about the switch though.

[MrH]

Lol, alright, I took a feeler gauge to see how close it was to hitting the switch. Then just tested the switch. You just barely need to make contact with the switch to get it to open. One hit with a dead blow hammer didn't even bend the tab a visible amount, but it's enough to touch. That was stupid

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Told you, thats how you fix things on these hondas, bend it or hit it with something.

[MrH]

Replacing the cabin filter because the car has a dirty old smell to it. That's definitely the source. Didn't know cabin filters could get that nasty in 38k miles.

[Rich]

17 years...

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Clearly a sign that that car has been in a serious accident that bent the frame.  Better unload it now.  I've give you $100.

[Rupert]

17 years...

15

[Rich]

It's a 2001 MY.  Built in CY 2000.  2000-2016 is 16 years

[Rupert]

So neither of us were right.

[Soup DeVille]

Lol, alright, I took a feeler gauge to see how close it was to hitting the switch. Then just tested the switch. You just barely need to make contact with the switch to get it to open. One hit with a dead blow hammer didn't even bend the tab a visible amount, but it's enough to touch. That was stupid

Just tape the damned switch down.

You don't seem like the kind of moron who needs reminding that his parking brake is on.

[Rich]

Sometimes I am.  I get in too much of a rush and release the parking brake a notch or two before it's completely off.  I like having a reminder that I was a numbskull, so I can rectify it.

[Soup DeVille]

Sometimes I am.  I get in too much of a rush and release the parking brake a notch or two before it's completely off.  I like having a reminder that I was a numbskull, so I can rectify it.

If I'm remembering my S2000 right; the parking brake light wouldn't even come on until the lever was a couple inches up.

Maybe that was the Civic?

[Raza]

Sometimes I am.  I get in too much of a rush and release the parking brake a notch or two before it's completely off.  I like having a reminder that I was a numbskull, so I can rectify it.

It does happen every once in a while that you're on that last notch and you don't notice it. It's just one of those concessions to reality that you can't give 100% focus to everything all the time. 

[MrH]

Depends on how much you bend that tab apparently.  One click up and it comes on for me now.

I'm going to try and remove the front lip and detail this thing on Saturday.  I need to use a headlight restorer on the headlights a bit too.  They're a little foggy.  I'll post some pictures once it's all done.

[MrH]

If I'm remembering my S2000 right; the parking brake light wouldn't even come on until the lever was a couple inches up.

Maybe that was the Civic?

I keep forgetting you once had awesome modern cars before kids

What do you have now?  The wagon still?  Is there a giant cadillac in the garage still?

[Soup DeVille]

I keep forgetting you once had awesome modern cars before kids

What do you have now?  The wagon still?  Is there a giant cadillac in the garage still?

Yes and yes.

There's also a pickup truck, but I don't like to mention it.

[MrH]

Now I've got a place to put my phone for Waze use.

[AutobahnSHO]

yet there is a blue Subaru under every post... 

[MrH]

Still bitter about my outdated signature I see.

[AutobahnSHO]

Still bitter about my outdated signature I see.

Not bitter. I do long for some car buying/selling shenanigans as you experience though