[tcb] Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
- From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 18:32:39 -0500
Waiting for a tow to a mechanic. That damned gremlin is sitting here chewing
on chocolate cake and swigging beer and laughing at me.
On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:46 PM, shirley hall <vwbuslady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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