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Love the simplicity and openness of your design

I had a couple of questions about the build. When fully folded out do the front panels use the folded up seats as support? When folded away and the back seats are up , do you have to remove the shelf brackets to allow this and then reinstall them to slide it forward again? Thanks for the...

This is such a great sticky. Thoroughly helped me to make an informed decision buying my 2007. I wanted to add a couple of bits of small advice, that I've only noticed since driving it for a while. 1- Engage parking brake and check that it holds on a hill. This is a pain of a job to...

That is good to know, thank you. The garage said all 3 had siezed unfortunately. Do you know if there is a common place they tend to sieze, or will it just be randomly along the cable casing? I will try to inspect when the weather warms up here.

Sorry to dig up an oldish thread. I'm having issues with my parking brake. Having taken it to a mechanic they have said the problem is siezed cables and that to replace them all would be $1000 ish (cad) as they have to drop the fuel tank. Having read this thread it's helped me somewhat and...

Fair play, with it being -30 here right now, waiting till it warms up seems like a great shout.

Love this idea, thanks for the inspiration

I'm in a similar situation. Did you ever manage to get this sorted? My parking brake cables are apparently all seized and I wonder if you managed to get your unfrozen again without having to replace it with new ones. My understanding is the same, my mechanic said they have to drop the fuel...

Not sure if this will help, but I found this write up earlier that might be useful. How to disassemble the rear parking brake?

I'm having an issue with my parking brakes too. Took her into the mechanic who said the cables were all seized and to replace them would be about $1000 cad with labor as you have to drop the fuel tank. Does anybody have any advice or could point me in the right direction for a write up for...