[tcb] Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
- From: shirley hall <vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:46:08 -0700 (PDT)
light switch?
trip to kerrville last year, my wipers would not turn off, so i pulled off and
found the power wire. first try to start bus, got no elec (no gen or oil light
or starter). turned second time, started and on the way. stayed at kerrville
11 days. moved the bus twice. when packed and ready to come home, again no
elec. 2nd, 3rd time started. at burnett, gen light comes on. leave bus
running, check engine, no visible problems. told probably
alternator/regulator. eventually engine died and came back on tow truck.
changed regulator and other engine issues. but when i put the engine back in,
again a couple of start issues and the low beams wouldn't work. looked under
dash and switch was hanging out of case. new switch. no more problems.
light switch?
--- On Mon, 4/2/12, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] What do gremlins enjoy?
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, April 2, 2012, 1:43 PM
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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