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Old Oct 21, 2014 | 11:47 PM
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Brake warning light??? Help.

Hey y'all I've got an issue i know someone on here knows how to fix. I have a brake warning light on the dash, that stays on whenever the key is on. Is it a pressure switch in the brake lines or something to do with the parking brake? I've bled my brakes like 5 times to try and get it to shut off, but it hasn't. Is it from the proportioning valve?
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Originally Posted by highboyhouston
Hey y'all I've got an issue i know someone on here knows how to fix. I have a brake warning light on the dash, that stays on whenever the key is on.

Is it a pressure switch in the brake lines or something to do with the parking brake?
Has nothing to do with the parking brake.
C8AZ-2B264-A .. Brake Warning Lamp Switch / Available from Ford & auto parts stores.

Applications: 1968/79 F100/350, Bronco & Econoline / 1968/69 FoMoCo Passenger Cars.
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This switch threads into the Brake Pressure Differential Valve that some people call a proportioning valve.

This switch is plastic and a notorious POS! Cracks develop within its threads causing brake fluid to seep out.

When this occurs, the warning lamp on the dash comes on...and stays on!
 
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Thanks for your input NumberDummy! I've ordered the part, hopefully thats it!
 
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