well, before i got too excited about it, i'd tap on the reservoir a few
times, make sure the float isn't stuck in the down position from when the
fluid was low.....of course, if it hasn't already been done, find out the
reason the fluid was low in the first place........


"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F010E8A.F9A13072@sympatico.ca...
> For starters, if you get pulled over for any reason by the police, you
> 'will' end up on the bad end of a tow truck and likely have an extra
> ticket for driving an unsafe vehicle.
>
> Been there....
>
> Cops take a 'very' dim view of vehicles on the road with a brake failure
> warning shouting out at you from the dash. In my case it was a pinched
> wire that I had just been too lazy to fix. Cop didn't care for my
> 'excuse', even though my pedal 'felt' fine.
>
> Your brakes have failed, period.
>
> They went low enough on fluid to air lock the combination valve. This
> means only one set of brakes is likely working.
>
> You will need to have the brakes properly bled.
>
> Getting the air out of the combination valve can be very difficult
> sometimes. On some valves they use in some Jeeps, you need a tool or
> some way to hold down a pin in the center of the valve from moving.
> Some others have to have the light sender removed to get the air out.
> Some will just bleed out.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Road Toad wrote:
> >
> > '98 Cherokee 2wd 6cyl Auto
> >
> > Is there a need to 'reset' the Red Brake Warning Light on the instrument
> > Panel? I let the brake fluid get too low and it came on; now that the
> > fluid level is OK and the brakes work great, the light is still on. No
> > mention of 'reset' in the brake manual.
> >
> > Thank you,