Hard Brake pedal 74 Nova manual Brakes

Tiny
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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
Friday, July 20th, 2007 AT 5:00 PM

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Tiny
MERLIN2021
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I thought you would want a good high brake pedal, without a booster the pedal is high and firm.
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Friday, July 20th, 2007 AT 7:23 PM
Tiny
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
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Sunday, August 19th, 2007 AT 11:26 AM

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