Greg, what you have is this. I am currently going through similar
problems. You either have air or a leak into the first stage of your
master cylinder. You are pushing right through the first stage ( and
pushing over the actuator on the brake light switch) and then engaging your
front brakes in the second stage. No easy answer on this as I am still
fighting an intermittent problem with it. You will probably need to
rebuild your master cylinder again. sorry. :( I had the same problem on a
rebuilt cylinder and some scoring inside the cylinder, along with honing it
out had caused this same problem. I got lots of practice rebuilding.
Hope I helped.
Patrick
At 08:56 AM 4/4/99 -0400, Gregory W. Smith wrote:
>
>In the first day of driving the Spitfire this year, the BRAKE light is on,
>and the brakes work, but seem to wait till near the bottom of the pedal
>travel to engage. Hoses, rear cylinders, and pads/shoes were replaced last
>year. I rebuilt the master cylinder. I am using DOT5 fluid. The fluid level
>in the master cylinder is normal.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Gregory W. Smith http://www.cvn.net/~gsmith
>Member, Central Pennsylvania Triumph Club
>1980 Spitfire 1500 "for the wife" :)
>1980 TR7 Spider v8 (in progress)
>1980 TR7 30th Anniversary Edition (deceased)
>
>
Patrick Bowen
'79 Spitfire
Jacksonville FL
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