[tcb] What do gremlins enjoy?

  • From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:43:45 -0500

Maybe I am going about this gremlin problem the wrong way.  Maybe I need 
embrace him and celebrate him and make him comfy rather than try to banish him. 
 I haven't driven Donner much in months.  I was working on him before the 
accident.  Friends came over 2 weekends ago to help with the last part of his 
mini-overhaul.  We did have to honk the horn to get him started. (So now I have 
witnesses that aren't related to me.). But other than that he has been doing 
well on test drives around my neighborhood and town.  Today I drove to a doctor 
appointment in Austin (so 45 miles) and he was perfect.  After the appointment 
he started fine.  At the first traffic light he died and wouldn't start until I 
honked the horn and then less than a mile later he cut off while I am driving 
and wouldn't start until I honked the horn.  I am having a feeling it is going 
to be a long crazy 48 mile drive home tonight in Austin traffic.  

Maybe if I spoil the gremlin with chocolate cake maybe I will get home with no 
problem?  

One of you nice folks looked up the wiring chart for a '71 and said to check 
out fuse #10.  Well it was loose and I have tightened it.  I was hoping that 
that was the magic solution.  But now it does not seem to be.

The stalling problem does not have to do with an intake leak.  It has to be a 
strange electrical quirk.  I don't mind honking the horn to get it started but 
I do mind the shutting off while driving.  A couple times when this has 
happened if I honk the horn in time the engine comes back to life.

Maybe beer for a gremlin?

I am not making this stuff up!



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