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tommys72 · 10-03-2015, 06:01 PM

I know we've beat this question to death....but...just did a break job on the rear. New shoes, drums cut, a couple new sections of lines, and two new wheel cylinders... dash light still on! What gives? Are any of sure the light has nothing to do with the parking brake? I know a handful of people have said no, but mine for sure does not work and the light won't go away.

cdowns · 10-03-2015, 06:09 PM

Learn the proper way to bleed your brakes and the pop valve will return to the center and the light goes off// read the factory service manual to learn

**chiefcfd** · 10-03-2015, 06:15 PM

The prop valve is the only thing hooked to the light. Parking brake has no light on these trucks.

tommys72 · 10-03-2015, 06:30 PM

Believe me, the brakes were bled. There is not one bubble of air in those lines. I didn't think I needed to mention that I bled the brakes, isn't that common sense when doing a brake job? What's a pop valve anyway cdowns?

cdowns · 10-03-2015, 07:00 PM

Bleeding the brakes and bleeding them properly are two differnt things if you've got the light on you did not do it right

**LockDoc** · 10-03-2015, 07:58 PM

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Mine was still on when I got the rear brakes finished and bled. Brakes felt good so I started driving it and within 20 or so miles it went out on its own....

LockDoc

tommys72 · 10-03-2015, 09:13 PM

I put probably 40 or so on it the next day, no luck. I'm going to rebleed them tomorrow, if that doesn't work. I'm pulling the bulb out!

purple69 · 10-03-2015, 09:34 PM

sit in the seat stomp brake pedal hard as you can and light will go off

**leddzepp** · 10-03-2015, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by purple69

sit in the seat stomp brake pedal hard as you can and light will go off

X2. This will often recenter the pin, and the light will go out.

**LockDoc** · 10-03-2015, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tommys72

I put probably 40 or so on it the next day, no luck. I'm going to rebleed them tomorrow, if that doesn't work. I'm pulling the bulb out!

Just unplug the wire from the prop valve.

LockDoc

tommys72 · 10-03-2015, 10:16 PM

I've never heard that one before, but I'll give it a try!

kelsfine69 · 10-03-2015, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tommys72

I've never heard that one before, but I'll give it a try!

Yup worked for me. One good hard stomp.

MikeyMan · 10-04-2015, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by kelsfine69

Yup worked for me. One good hard stomp.

The hard stomp on the pedal worked for me also.

tommys72 · 10-04-2015, 08:56 AM

Well I'll bleed them again today, just to be sure, then I'll give it stomp and see what happens. Thanks guys

tommys72 · 10-13-2015, 01:13 PM

Just an update guys, bled the brakes and the light stayed on. Stomped the pedal and it stayed on. Figured I'd drive it and see what happened, bet I made it 500 yards and the light went off and stayed off

GASoline71 · 10-13-2015, 03:24 PM

"prop" valve = proportioning valve. Even though it was inadvertently called a "pop" valve earlier.

The proportioning valve is mounted just along side the master cylinder.

Gary

10-03-2015, 06:01 PM	#1
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	dash brake light I know we've beat this question to death....but...just did a break job on the rear. New shoes, drums cut, a couple new sections of lines, and two new wheel cylinders... dash light still on! What gives? Are any of sure the light has nothing to do with the parking brake? I know a handful of people have said no, but mine for sure does not work and the light won't go away. __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

10-03-2015, 06:09 PM	#2
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: dash brake light Learn the proper way to bleed your brakes and the pop valve will return to the center and the light goes off// read the factory service manual to learn __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

10-03-2015, 06:15 PM	#3
chiefcfd Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cadiz, Ky Posts: 514	Re: dash brake light The prop valve is the only thing hooked to the light. Parking brake has no light on these trucks. __________________ 1972 Chevy LWB Roadster 1999 Chevy Silverado 2wd 2015 Chevy High Country 4x4 Crew Cab

10-03-2015, 06:30 PM	#4
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: dash brake light Believe me, the brakes were bled. There is not one bubble of air in those lines. I didn't think I needed to mention that I bled the brakes, isn't that common sense when doing a brake job? What's a pop valve anyway cdowns? __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

10-03-2015, 07:00 PM	#5
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: dash brake light Bleeding the brakes and bleeding them properly are two differnt things if you've got the light on you did not do it right __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

10-03-2015, 07:58 PM	#6
LockDoc The Older Generation Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montezuma, Iowa Posts: 25,771	Re: dash brake light - Mine was still on when I got the rear brakes finished and bled. Brakes felt good so I started driving it and within 20 or so miles it went out on its own.... LockDoc __________________ Leon Locksmith, Specializing In Antique Trucks, Automobiles, & Motorcycles (My Dually Pickup Project Thread) http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=829820 -

10-03-2015, 09:13 PM	#7
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: dash brake light I put probably 40 or so on it the next day, no luck. I'm going to rebleed them tomorrow, if that doesn't work. I'm pulling the bulb out! __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

10-03-2015, 09:34 PM	#8
purple69 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: maiden nc usa Posts: 162	Re: dash brake light sit in the seat stomp brake pedal hard as you can and light will go off

10-03-2015, 10:16 PM	#11
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: dash brake light I've never heard that one before, but I'll give it a try! __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

10-04-2015, 08:56 AM	#14
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: dash brake light Well I'll bleed them again today, just to be sure, then I'll give it stomp and see what happens. Thanks guys __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son

10-13-2015, 01:13 PM	#15
tommys72 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: springfield mo Posts: 3,075	Re: dash brake light Just an update guys, bled the brakes and the light stayed on. Stomped the pedal and it stayed on. Figured I'd drive it and see what happened, bet I made it 500 yards and the light went off and stayed off __________________ United States Marine Corps 2000-2011 Iraq and Afghanistan veteran Just living life now and enjoying it and my wife, daughter and son



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