[tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects

  • From: Rusty Herring <rustmah1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: Texas Coalition of Busses <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:28:41 -0600

i want join  the IAEW!!!!! i can do most of the thinks on my vw"s but i gave up 
on electrical a long vtime ago>???

If it can happen it will hapen to me????
 Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:55:41 -0800
From: bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Denis:  You and Murray are what keeps the interest going in this site.  It 
would be a really dull world without both of you.
 
And as to your knowledge of wiring:  Well you are not alone.  I pride myself in 
being a reasonably knowledgable vintage VW mechanic and know more than most 
about the ins and outs of these old machines.  But when it comes to those 
things through which current flows; I feel totally incompedent.  I would have 
never made it through school as an electrical engineering major.  Those wires 
and current are simply foreign to me and I gave up a long time ago trying to 
understand it.  Fortunately I have a friend who is an absolute genius on 
automotive wiring; and as for the house hold currents; well I have an 
electrical engineer who is retired from NASA who lives across the street.  
Maybe you and I can start a new club.  We can call it IAEW; which stands for 
Incompetent About Electricity and Wiring.
 
 

--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 6:58 AM







Well, last night I went at the wiring and I don’t know crap about it. The test 
light confirmed it. I couldn’t even get the test light to work. I can’t figure 
out the simplest thing under there. I might need the genius of Blue after all. 
I called him last night a little after 8:30, but I guess he was down for the 
night.
 

From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
sammie smith
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:46 AM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
 




Denis:  It is a good story.  See all the comments that it raised.

--- On Tue, 12/13/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:46 PM



Hey you guys. I am dumb but not a complete idiot. I will figure out the radio 
thing. I just thought that it would a good story that it happened when I put in 
the parcel tray. 
 

From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
w.wood
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:08 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
 

In a 63 there isn't that much wiring.  Why not troubleshoot a bit with a test 
light or a meter?

On Dec 13, 2011 5:59 PM, "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:


I KNOW what is wrong with my wiring. I jammed it all up into the underside of 
the dash putting in the parcel tray. Not being careful. I must be frugal in 
getting help from Mr Blue. When I do need his help I need it badly.
 

From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
w.wood
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:52 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
 

Sunshine tax

On Dec 13, 2011 3:15 PM, "sammie smith" <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





Have you tried consulting with the wiring guru on this list; AKA your 
brother-in-law.  Heck, with the proper incentive he might even make a trip to 
the cold climes of snowy northwest AR for Xmas and fix your wiring.

 

As a side:  I just got back from the glass shop with two new pieces of mirror 
glass for the VWOA elephant ears that I am restoring.  Last time I had to 
replace the glass in one was when the howling headwinds (70-90mph) encountered 
towing to the Cal classic broke the glass in one.  I searched all over Anaheim 
and south LA trying to find a glass shop to get it fixed before OCTO and the 
Classic.  Finally found one to cut a new glass and he charged me $35.  The best 
glass cutter in Nacogdoches just did two of them and charged me $10.  I know 
why people are leaving CA and moving to Texas.

--- On Tue, 12/13/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 12:45 PM




So, much like how my ribs still hurt after more than a year, Murray is still 
recovering from running into that tree years ago.

 

When I did all the body stretching and repair from kissing the tree, I had to 
take out the parcel tray. Years passed and I decided to put it back in. Well, 
guess what? Murray is not the same shape as he was! The parcel tray has to fit 
in to a notch on the bottom of the speedometer pod. The parcel tray was a good 
two plus inches from fitting in there. Murray looks OK from the outside, but 
not at all from the inside. 

  

So. I bought a rusted up parcel tray at the last classic and started trimming 
away with my cut off tool. Cut, try to fit, cut, try a again, cut more in a 
different place, try to fit, cut off whole end, better, still no cigar. Finally 
I cram and bang until it fits in to the notch. Now I have to take it out and 
weld in a new back and an “L” bracket to make a screw hole. OK, yea! It’s Done! 

  

Now the radio won’t work. I had to push all the wiring up under the dash to fit 
the parcel tray and there is no power to the radio. I am hoping that I can find 
the undone connection without taking out the f#!%*^! Parcel tray.

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