Spridgets like my Mk1 midget, and earlier, use the pressure type switch.
Later ones had a mechanical switch installed in the 3/8" fine thread captive
nut on the later (seperate dual cylinder) pedal box. Lines are a good bet,
as is a mis-adjustment or binding of the M/C pushrod. The M/C must fully
release, with some minor free play, in order to release the pressure and get
a dose of new fluid from the resevior. Maybe that's worth checking...is the
piston getting back all the way?
brian
At 02:07 PM 27/10/97 -0500, you wrote:
>alan b fisher wrote:
>>I just got finished installing a master cylinder in my 59 and bled
>>the entire system, including the clutch slave.
><SNIP>
>>If the pressure was there all the time wouldn't my brake lites stay on
>also.
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>Nope, not necessarily. Most (if not all) Spridgets have a brake switch
>that's actuated by the pedal directly (i.e. mechanically, rather than
>hydraulically), so the brake lights may go off, even if something's
>stopping the return flow of fluid.
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>If I were a betting man, I'd wager that you didn't replace the rubber brake
>hoses. These can swell internally, with the result being that the brakes
>will go on, but not come back off. Before you pull the master cylinder to
>ship it off to Apple, I'd try replacing the rubber lines.
>
>Chris Kotting
>ckotting@iwaynet.net
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