[DeTomaso] Brake question

[John Buckman]

>>>I no longer have the shuttle valve installed, it that matters.


Rob,

The shuttle valve also incorporates the brake light switch.  If the shuttle valve were removed,
the brake light switch would have to be plumbed back into the hydraulic line or a mechanical
switch would need to be added to the brake pedal.  

If the shuttle valve were removed, and the brake lines were all connected together instead of
"splitting" the hydraulic system (which is what the shuttle valve "block" does), then any problem
in the hydraulic system (boiling of fluid or loss of fluid due to a leak) would affect all four corners
of the car, and would cause the brake pedal to go to the floor.

John