[DeTomaso] Brake question

[Rob Dumoulin]

Shuttle valve is removed. Circuits isolated with a modern proportioning
valve.
On May 12, 2012 1:16 PM, "John Buckman" <jb841 at cox.net> wrote:

> >>>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
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