[tcb] Re: Gremlins
- From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 16:27:45 -0500
Grounds and really old and corroded connectors. Chuck and I chased stuff
like that for a long time and just put in a whole new harness. On Murray,
the FPO painted all the wires white.
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From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Eric Woodall
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:32 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Gremlins
Seems like most of the time on an aircooled vw electrical issues can be
attributes to bad grounds.
On May 10, 2011, at 3:27 PM, "chuck" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It sounds to me like you have some ground issues.a fuse is either good or
bad .You could have corrision on the ends of the fuses where they make
electrical contact.Before really tackling the wiring locate the grounds for
the various appliances.clean and tight connections are good.If all of the
appliances cycle off and on together look for a loose main feed wire on or
near the fuse panel.glass fuse are okay the do the same thing as the German
ones.
> Be patient my child and you will feel really good when everything
works.As a last resort bring it to me.
> oleblue
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie"
<julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:20 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Gremlins
>
>
> This is probably a Chuck question since my '68 zebra Bus doesn't have
normal wiring and he is familiar with Denis' abnormal wiring. This Bus has
glass fuses and everything looks different.
>
> At times on my driveway or at my mechanic's the horn, brake lights, brites
and low beams and turn signals have worked correctly and then they work on
quickie test drives but then on longer journeys (like to work) they get
freaky. Like the turn signals work but when I turn them off they go off but
the green triangles stay lit. Sometimes I can get these to turn off by
putting my headlights on and clicking them to brite to turn the green
triangles off. Or then sometimes the turn signals just quit.
>
> Later (maybe hours or days later) after I make it to my destination, I
start to fiddle. I mess with the fuses up front, I mess with the wires in
the back, I mess with the wiring in the turn signal housing (some of the
wires in there are on their last leg, one is now unattached, I think it has
to do with switching from low to high beams) and usually I get it back to
some state of working. And then I test drive, it works well enough. And
then I drive to work and it goes goofy again and stops working.
>
> So here is my theory, can the turn signal relay work normal sometimes like
after a period of rest but not work other times because it gets hot over a
longer drive?
>
> Or do I need to call a priest and have an exorcism?
>
> When the turn signals, horn and brake lights stop working all at the same
time I believe that has more to do with a fuse that gets loose.
>
> My alternator light sometimes goes on when I am stopped at a traffic light
especially if I have my headlights on but when I start moving it does go
off. I thought perhaps a timing/idle problem but the mechanic worked on
that today and the green light is coming on again when stopped at traffic
lights even without the headlights on. I don't know if this has anything to
do with the turn signal gremlins.
>
> Thanks for reading this babble, I can't believe you made it this far. I
like quirks but this Bus has a few too many.
>
> Julie
>
>
>
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