Hard Brake pedal 74 Nova manual Brakes

1974 CHEVROLET NOVA
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ELKYONED
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I just bought a 74 Nova with a 350 2bbl that is rebuilt and almost a year old and it has manual brakes and according to the receipts it has a new master cylinder, wheel cylinders and the brakes were power bled and the brake pedal is very stiff.
I was thinking it might be the valve under the the fluid tanks, metering, pressure or proportioning? .
thanks for any help
guess i should have paid attention to where I was posting.. sorry
Dave
Jul 20, 2007 at 10:00 AM
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MERLIN2021
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I thought you would want a good high brake pedal, without a booster the pedal is high and firm...
Jul 20, 2007 at 12:23 PM
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MIKE H R
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1974 nova has vacuum assisted brakes, they work on a vacuum system. Check the hoses going to the vacuum unit. With the pedal high and hard the unit could be bad or not have enough vacuum
Aug 19, 2007 at 4:26 AM
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