Brake Light in Dash

[warf90]

I am still trying to get my brakes right after the rear disc conversion and deleating the rear porportion valve. When I was pumping the brakes, the brake light came on in the dash and it will not go out. How do I get the light to go out?

 

Thanks

[Rokhound]

the brake light on the dash on mine comes on if the ebrake is push down i would check that.

[500 MJ]

My old XJ had it come on when it was low on fluid, you might have messed something up when you messed with the prop valve...IDK

[carnuck]

Did you seal off the extra line going to the front? I did that with mine when I went to SOA and only 1 line to the rear. (I put a plug into the master cyl up front to block it off)

[Oizarod115]

that light comes on if the pressure from front to back is different, mine came on once from the fluid level dropping, and even when filled up it took a month to go back off. brakes were fine though.

[Eagle]

that light comes on if the pressure from front to back is different, mine came on once from the fluid level dropping, and even when filled up it took a month to go back off. brakes were fine though.

x2 what he said ^^

 

The same light warns that the parking brake is on and that there is a pressure imbalance between the front and the rear. First step, as noted above, is to make certain that the parking brake isn't on, not even a little bit. Assuming that's okay, if the light is on either the front brakes or the rear brakes have air in the lines, or have a leak.

[warf90]

The light went out, but I am still having issues with my brakes. I am certain that is was not the emergency brake. The reason I know is the light came on when I pushed the brake pedal and it went to the floor. It does that the first time you hit the brake, but after pump the brakes they are good. I also have plugged the bottem port on the block. So now I have just one new line going to the back with no prop valve. I know I have issues with the rear brakes because I clamped off the line going to the rear and I had great brakes. The rear brake set up I have is the TSM kit with the Cadillac eldo calipers and they are junk. This kit was on the rear axle when I bought it.

 

I finally drove it around my house and when I pulled it back into the garage I could smell brakes burning. It was coming from the right rear. I am going to have to replace that caliper and see what happens next. Before driving I gravity bled and also bled the brakes by having some one pump them. I got no air out of the back at all. I am at a loss of what is wrong. Hopefully it has something to do with the right rear claiper. Either way I have to replace it because it is dragging.

[87manche]

spngy pedal that pumps up?

that really sounds like air in the lines.

[warf90]

I agree with the air still in the lines. I have bled them alot. I have gravity bled and also had some one pump them up and still no air comes out. I am going to bleed them again once I replace the bad caliper and see what happens.

[mjeff87]

You're on the right track with the caliper. Have someone apply the brakes while you watch the caliper, and see if it moves at all. I'd bet the piston is seized/binding.

 

Jeff

[carnuck]

caliper problem along with not enough fluid volume from the master cyl. IIRC there is an upgrade using a similar vintage E350 master cyl.