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Re: front brakes
« Reply #15 on: September 07 2015, 10:16:35 AM »
Use a crows foot line wrench otherwise you'll probably strip it
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Re: front brakes
« Reply #16 on: September 24 2015, 02:16:14 PM »
Well got the new lines in and bled brakes. All is well, firm pedal, but I hate the inch and a half of pedal travel before the brakes hit. Is there a way to get rid of that? Was thinking of making a stop that would hit the pedal arm just above where the brakes apply and then adjust the brake light switch?

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Re: front brakes
« Reply #17 on: September 24 2015, 03:00:44 PM »
There's another switch that uses the brake pedal and it tells the computer that's it ok to lock and then unlock the torque converter when the brake pedal is depressed.
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Re: front brakes
« Reply #18 on: September 24 2015, 03:48:44 PM »
its not the same switch as the brake light? I don't remember a second switch from when I did the vacuum conversion?
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Re: front brakes
« Reply #19 on: September 24 2015, 04:19:19 PM »
I'm pretty sure there are two switches
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Re: front brakes
« Reply #20 on: September 24 2015, 09:39:46 PM »
I'm not 100, 100, 100% sure but I'm almost positive that brake and TCC are the same switch and cruise control is  separate switch.
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Re: front brakes
« Reply #21 on: September 25 2015, 12:08:49 AM »
I bought a new brake light switch for my car recently and the cruise and light switch was the same piece.   
If you check out rock-autos website you can look at the different switches.


But then they have a switch that says brake light switch and TCC without cruise, so  :shrug:


Did you end up reusing the old pedal or switching to a vacuum pedal when you did the swap?
last are rear shoes and drums adjusted up nice?
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Re: front brakes
« Reply #22 on: September 25 2015, 11:04:06 AM »
Used vacuum pedal when switched, I adjusted the rear shoes up and that helped ALOT, took a lot of the free play out of pedal travel.......I can live with it as is now

Thanks a lot guys!
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