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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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last night i was driving down a dirt road with my friend in his car, we were going pretty fast and i pretty slammed the brakes to stop at the stop sign, we continued down the next dirt road and he drifted around a croner with sand and so did i after i did it i notcied that my abs light was on and so was p brake light so i stopped and i sat there for a while i pulled the p-brake release but did nothing when i put the p-brake on the light gets brighter and then dimmer when i take it off. any one know what the problem is or shoul i go to a auto place and get it checked out
 
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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 06:13 PM
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There is a switch at the abs controller thattrips when there is pressure diffence inbetween front and rear brakes, itcan get stuck. There is a post on it somewhere on here. I posted a pic of it. Just unsrew and clean and installand it should be good.
Here it is https://dodgeforum.com/m_972637/tm.htm
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:07 AM
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well also my brakes do feel spongy and and no air in them will be fixed when i do this wire thing
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:34 AM
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You most likely blew out a rear wheel cylinder, or worse, a brake line. And you don't need to brag to us about your driving. I'm guessing you're a teeny bopper?
 
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 02:21 PM
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first of i wasnt bragging i was just explaining the situation so that maybe when some one goes to answer my question it can be narrowed down to the exact problem, there fore i was telling what caused it
 
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Old Dec 25, 2007 | 12:48 AM
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i second 95V8Dakota4x4. check for leaks. if no leaks.. its possible a seal tore in the master cylinder.
 
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Old Dec 25, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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well i just dropped my car of at a friends house who is a mechanic he said its the master cylinder so hes putting a new one in tommorow
 
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