Legacy RV-12 Parking Brake

[rjtjrt]

I have searched the threads. Hope this question has not been addressed before.
Is the RV-12is parking brake available for retrofit on the legacy R-12?
Has anyone done it?
For me it would be a very welcome upgrade.
John

 

[12vaitor]

I have searched the threads. Hope this question has not been addressed before.
Is the RV-12is parking brake available for retrofit on the legacy R-12?
Has anyone done it?
For me it would be a very welcome upgrade.
John

There are several threads on legacy RV-12's with the Matco Parking Brake Valve. Not a kit from Van's, but its' fairly easy to splice the valve in the existing brake lines. There are a couple of locations you can use and you have to come up with an on/off method (cable or level).

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[rjtjrt]

Thanks. I did a search but did not find those threads, but will look again.
Just did a Google search rather than using the VAF search function, and a few threads came up on the Google search.

 

[HarryL]