brake light

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brake light stays on after replacing the bulb. new master cylinder and shoes. I forgot what triggers this light.
manual brakes. 67 year. thanks......

[basketcase0302]

67 short box"]brake light stays on after replacing the bulb. new master cylinder and shoes. I forgot what triggers this light.
manual brakes. 67 year. thanks......

Front drum or disc brakes? If you've bench bled the MC first then the brakes themselves good, (starting at the farthest point the PS rear wheel-ending up on the closest wheel the DS front wheel) it sounds like the brake differential valve will need recentered.
There is a method of loosening I believe the back bleeders first to do this-but I'm not 100% positive on the method so I'll let someone else explain it.
Here's the different type of valves used , (so you can ID it):
http://www.fordification.com/tech/propvalve101.htm

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all drum
thanks

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thanks for the link
got it off, valve frozen in there. not sure how I'm going to get it out

[basketcase0302]

Since the search function here on the website hasn't worked in a very...long time now it makes it hard to find answers sometimes!

But I found a way around it, (the search fault "feature") here's what your looking for:
http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... =5&t=44750

It seems we are suppose to remove the brake warning light and use a "tool" to keep the valve centered when bleeding. I'd gotten by without doing this for many years-here is the tool NPD sells to keep the valve centered while bleeding on page 28:
http://www.nationalpartsdepot.com/flipb ... 8-79-2017/?

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Jeff
thank you for your help. lots of good info. I have the valve off and cant get the piston out, stuck big time.
I afraid to get to rough with it being brass beating on it. I cant find where to buy another one. maybe I will eventually get it out.
surely someone makes a replacement. much appreciated.......steve