I have a 90 5.0 Mustang. I apprently have been driving it two years with no rear brakes. I have changed the shoes, drums, and wheel cylinders and bled the system. I suspected something was wrong in wet weather braking and then when I was getting the emmission tested wtih the rear wheels on the dyno, the tech said I had no rear brakes. So after more work, I put the car on stands and verified this. The brake light only comes on for a loss of fluid or for parking brake set. There is no lost pressure sensing to a warning light from the master cylinder or the proportioning valve. In my case, I am sure the master cylinder is bypassing fluid at the rear brake piston. Does anyone know of a retrofit. I have checked part numbers through 93, and they are the same. The 94 (new body style) has a more simple master cylinder with just one port for the front brakes, but I don't know if it uses a different proportioning valve with a sensor and I don't know if a 94 master cylinder would fit.
90 Mustang 5.0 brakes-no indication if no pressure to rear brakes
Nov 02, 2004
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It's possible you have a bad master cyl. and/or porportioning valve. Could be the valve is diverting pressure to the front and the sensor isn't telling the warning light to come on. Check if you have a kinked brake line to the rear. You could have hit something. Also, if you bled the rear then that means it's getting some pressure otherwise nothing would come out.
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Ditto Mark!
That master cyl is way old... wouldnt surprise me if it was bad but it could also be a hung prop valve
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