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brake light on after changing rear wheel cylinder?

Discussion in '3rd Gen 4Runners (1996-2002)' started by shoboat90, Oct 14, 2021.

  1. Oct 14, 2021 at 6:56 PM
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    shoboat90

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    Hello folks
    Well, I replaced a leaking passenger side rear wheel cylinder on my 99 2wd SR5 the other day. Bled the brakes today and upon starting it up to take if for a spin, I realized the brake light was on now. It was NOT on prior to starting any of the work. I had added a bit of fluid to the master cylinder prior to the brake bleed to ensure I didn't run that dry and now it's sitting right around the max fill line. I'm new to all this, so any help someone can provide would be much appreciated.
    Thank you
    Jim
     
  2. Oct 14, 2021 at 8:07 PM
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    negusm

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    Might be the sensor\float in the master cylinder is bad. Could also be the e-brake switch is stuck on. Shouldn't be anything related to the wheel cylinder.
     
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  3. Oct 14, 2021 at 8:17 PM
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    SR5 Limited

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    That brake fluid level line is very picky.
     
  4. Oct 15, 2021 at 6:46 AM
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    Thanks for the replies guys. I'm hoping maybe I overfilled the master cylinder...so I'll pull some out today and see if that works. I can't imagine anything just went bad (float and/or stuck switch) over the course of two days of no use....
     
  5. Oct 15, 2021 at 7:44 AM
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    Well, I'm an idiot. Fluid was low...ughh. Back in business. Thanks for the help
     

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