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Posted by: TROJANMAN May 20 2005, 08:37 AM

Had a new MC (19mm) and new brake lines (OEM rubber) installed yesterday. i also used the blue brake fluid. brakes work MUCH better now. but, the brake light won't stop flashing. what's causing this?
thanks in advance

Posted by: scott thacher May 20 2005, 08:46 AM

reset the switch on the mc, it is under a little rubber boot

Posted by: john rogers May 20 2005, 08:47 AM

If the switch on the m/c has a small button, just press it and it will reset it. It can also be the switch at the parking brake lever too. On both our cars (73 and 74) there was no button and the switch was good so I finally disconnected the circuit.

Posted by: ! May 20 2005, 08:54 AM

That's the self destruct warning light.....

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 20 2005, 08:57 AM

thanks. i figured it was the swtich, so i kep the old one in case it was bad. i'll try and get under there tonight.

Posted by: Gint May 20 2005, 10:13 AM

QUOTE (TROJANMAN @ May 20 2005, 08:57 AM)
thanks. i figured it was the swtich, so i kep the old one in case it was bad. i'll try and get under there tonight.

The weitch probably isn't bad, it just needs to be reset. If you ran the cylinder out of fluid it would do the same thing. They do that out of the box because they never had fluid until installed. Just get under there and push the button.

Posted by: Gint May 20 2005, 10:19 AM

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=Search&CODE=show&searchid=202b5abe27fc9351a281743acfff8747&search_in=posts&result_type=topics&highlite=switch+and+reset+and+master

The oldest two threads in there have pics. The oldest has a pic of the button after it's been pushed in. The second oldest thread has a pic of the rubber boot that covers the switch.

Posted by: TROJANMAN May 20 2005, 10:21 AM

thanks. that will make things much easier