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I had to stand on my brakes yesterday and now the proportioning valve is leaking out of the plastic switch port. I don't have an idiot light connected. Thoughts on just removing it and plugging the hole? The valve itself is new. It's a 4 drum system.
69 Ford XL, 429 with a 4 speed convertible.
Thanks for any thoughts.
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I'm sure others with stronger views than I have will answer, but I thought proportioning valves were only necessary on disk/drum setups. Was it installed by a previous owner? If the two reservoirs in your dual master cylinder are of the same size, I'd remove but that's me.
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If you have all drum brakes it is most likely just a brake failure switch and not a proportioning valve. The brake failure switch has a shuttle that stays centered as long as the front and rear brake pressure is equal. Break a line and the pressure from the working part of the system pushes the shuttle one way or the other turning on the brake idiot light.
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