Follow the directions for bleeding the brakes with PDWA in your
Haynes manual. this might be your problem. On the other hand you may have
a problem with the braking system, are you sure that your emergency brake
isn't on a little?
...Art
On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Chris Delling wrote:
> At 09:45 AM 8/14/97 -0500, Mike Lewellen wrote:
> >I have a 76 MGB. The dash brake light stays on all the time. PO had
> >unplugged it from the bottom of the master cylinder. When is it suppose
> >to be on? Is it an emergency brake light only. I assume it is but not
> >too sure??
> >
> >
>
> The switch light is there primarily to warn the operator or an unequal
> amount of pressure in the dual circuit brakes, which will serve as a
> warning of impending brake failure. It's secondary purpose is to remind
> the drive that the parking brake is on. There is a chance that the brake
> master cylinder began to leak from the switch, and he may have crammed
> somthing into the switch cavity to seal it. The DPO on my car put a ball
> bearing into the hole, and screwed a bolt into the cylinder to prevent
> leakage, when what he should have done is replace/rebuild the master
> cylinder.
>
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