I have searched brake and abs lights and brakes staying locked up

spooled mule

spooled mule

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So long story short my brakes decided to get a mind of their own. I was driving home from eating and i ran up on a stop sign and had to stop pretty fast the tires slid a little. After that i go to take off and i see my abs and brake lights are on i think this is odd so i begin trying to pick up the pedal and stuff to get them off with no prevail. I drive about 3mi and then i see slight smoking and smell my brakes. I pulled off at a gas station and looked and see they are locked up tight. So i go inside and buy 2 gallons of cold water to cool them down on the drive home and begin the long drive back. About every 3mi they would begin to smell again and i would cool them down and drive 40mph till the smell came back. So now i need help i have the battery cables off so the brake lights won't drain my batteries over the course of last night. How can i fix it i have tried very little since it happened at 1:00am last night. Another issue is my converter will not lockup since the lights have came on and i do have a pot mod. Any and all help appreciated and sorry for the long post :blahblah1:
 
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You are going to have to start with all new rotors and calipers. The cold water prob scrapped them then you need to find someone with a code reader that can read abs lights and find out what is making them stay on.
 
Yeah i may just wait until i get it fixed to even begin seeing if it hurt them. Update i went for a little test drive thought i had fixed the problem but again no way this is going away easy. I hooked the batteries up and cranked it and the lights were off so i drove it about 2mi. I noticed after the first 900yd that i still have no lockup. When i got back here i also noticed that my brake lights are still staying on 24/7. Also the lights for brake and abs are back again now. Anybody want a nice 2wd 12v :lolly: I forgot to add that when i looked to be sure the fluid level was ok the rubber seal that sits under the lid was sucked down into the reservoir but the fluid level is ok.
 
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Mine did the same thing. It's the proportioning valve or something best I remember
 
Thanks can you recall where in the world I would begin to locate it on the truck. If not I will search here and see what I dig up about it. Thanks

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I had some similar issues on my 99. It was only the front brakes for me , I replaced the brake light switch under the dash and that shut off my brake lights. (10 $) and then I replaced the master cylinder and calipers and that fixed the front brakes (110 $)
 
Funny you said that i fixed it earlier and sure enough that switch had moved a tiny bit and needed adjusting. As for the front brakes and abs light i just bled the brakes. Now i think there should be a thread for every brake problem you could have :lolly:
 
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