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  1. 1979 Rivi Rear Disc Parking Brake Question

    Hi from Germany,

    I put new shoes on my rear disc brakes and adjusted the parking brake calipers correctly like discribed in this and other videos:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9FVCMFTXpA
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    Thank you very much!

    Thank you very much!
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    Park Brake Switch - Where is it?

    Hi, on my 1979 Rivi the brake light in the dash doesn't come on when I engage the park brake pedal. The bulb in the dash is ok, it comes on for a second when I start the engine.

    I crawled under...
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    Hi Chuck, I recommend to first bleed the...

    Hi Chuck,

    I recommend to first bleed the master cylinder, there are a lot of videos about bench bleeding on youtube, or you first try this method without bench bleeding:
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    Problem solved

    Hi everybody, this afternoon I replaced the brake booster with a new one ("Centric" brand) and now everything works fine again. Of course I also fixed a wider gum hose between valve and filter.
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    Problem trapped?

    Hi everybody, I think I got closer to the sticking pedal problem:

    This is what I did today:

    1. I narrowed the rubber hose between the brake booster valve and the filter with pliers, so that...
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    Normally in daily traffic the brakes work...

    Normally in daily traffic the brakes work properly. I blead with new DOT 3 fluid and the level in the master cylinder is correct. Nevertheless we will bleed again next week with the "pedal method"....
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    Hi again! A neighbour, who is a car mechanic,...

    Hi again! A neighbour, who is a car mechanic, meant that the cause of the problem might be air in the brake master cylinder. Is that possible?
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    Hi Bill, thank you so much for your advice ! I...

    Hi Bill, thank you so much for your advice ! I changed to the old valve, still the same! At idle I press the pedal 3 times, it comes back, the 4th time it sticks. Engine stops, pedal comes back. Your...
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    Tool question

    Hi, which tool do I need to loosen/tighten this brake caliper bolt? In all my tool boxes (with German measures) there is nothing that fits :(!

    Thanks for your help

    Michael
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    Hi, thank you very much for your comment! When...

    Hi,

    thank you very much for your comment! When the pedal sticks it is nearly very hard or even impossible to pull it up with my left foot. So what does that that mean?

    I want to mention that...
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    Brake Pedal sticking

    Hi from Germany! My 79 Riviera S-Type has this problem: Sometimes (engine on) the brake pedal sticks after hard braking and comes loose again after a few meters of driving. Brake booster and master...
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    Thankx for the link, I didn't know! Yes, the...

    Thankx for the link, I didn't know!

    Yes, the engine of course is an Oldmobile.
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    New from Germany

    Hi everybody,

    my name is Michael and I live in South Germany near Stuttgart. In May 2017 I bought my 1979 Buick Riviera S-Type in very good condition with the 350 5.7 L V8 small block engine. ...
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    Hello from Germany

    Hello everybody,

    two days ago I purchased a 79 V8 Riviera in very good condition and now I'm waiting to complete technical inspection which is obligatory here in Germany. I can't wait to get...
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