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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="exhaust hanger"><U><IMG SRC="0400b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Golf Club Tube"><U><IMG SRC="0410b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>       <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="11">   <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris Hukills RV8"><U><IMG SRC="0430b0b0.png" border=0 width="11" height="11" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> This Matco PV-1 parking brake valve is mounted under the forward baggage compartment. I can reach right under to activate it, without the need for a cable. It comes in quite handy when you have to shut down on an unlevel area, and there is nobody to chock you (assuming that you could get chocks under the wheelpants). </div> <div> The ports on the valve are too close together to use standard AN 822 fittings, so I used Earls swivel AN fittings.  (www.raceplumbing.com)            </div> <div> When I contacted Matco about this shortcoming, they responded that it was designed to be used with Poly fittings. Plastic pressure lines for a brake system on a taildragger,         I DON'T THINK SO!</div> <div> They did say that they would pass along my observation (complaint) to their design department. The valve has worked fine, and was the lightest, most compact valve on the market.</div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Chris Hukill's RV-8</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chris Hukills RV8"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> parking brake</div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0683dae0.jpg" border=0 width="573" height="430" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>