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72 Charger proportioning valve/brake light

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Since I have had my car (72 charger) on the road the brake light has always been on on the dash. The car has front disc and rear drum brakes. When I was doing my "resto" I sourced a used proportioning valve from Desert valley auto. My brakes all work fine but I'm not sure how to get rid of the brake light on the dash. Obviously if I unplug the sensor on the valve it goes off. I was looking at some diagrams and service procedures in my service manual but it says the valve itself is not serviceable just the switch. Wondering if there's something I can do like try and re bleed the brakes? Thought I read that maybe if there's a pressure difference between front and rear lines it will trigger the sensor. Figured I would check here before I go crazy reading all the service manual. Thanks in advance.
 
Those valves are generally self centering, but it could be stuck over to one side. I guess the switch could be faulty, and shorted to ground. The pressure differential valve can be taken apart and cleaned, or replaced if necessary.
 
On the earlier cars this light was also operated/lighted by the parking brake switch.
Is that operating correctly?
 
Did you perhaps use a LED bulb for it? I pulled my hair out trying to figure out why mine was on all the time. Turned out LEDs will pick up even a minuet amount of a circuit. Changed to a normal bulb and poof gone.
 
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