[tcb] Re: Gremlins
- From: Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:03:50 -0700 (PDT)
On the Road Dogg, the FPO rewired usin' all red 18 gauge wire...fun times..
--- On Tue, 5/10/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Gremlins
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 4:27 PM
> 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.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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