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 5:00 PM
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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 7:23 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 11:26 AM
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