[walfreyydo]

The three main things to check with parking brake:
-lever adjustment inside the car
-condition of the cable(s) running from lever to the torsion bar tube, and additional cables running from the assembly at the torsion bar tube to the rear trailing arms.
-condition of the drum shoes and adjustment behind the rear rotors (just like an old brake drum there is a star adjustment knob which will allow you to adjust the brake shoe contact point)

In terms of lifting the car, I *have* in the past lifted using the trans (given the recommendation by the PP article), but given that its only supported by two small-ish bolts at the trans mount, this makes me uncomfortable. I have opted to jack the car from the sides and putting jack stands under the torsion bar caps at the end of the torsion bar tube. Much more inconvenient but I think the trans mount is happier this way.