[tcb] Re: electrical issues
- From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:08:24 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
Well, if you weren't going to Blue Man Group Concerts and Ikea, then you could
fix your bus.. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Oct 16, 2006 11:53 AM
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [tcb] electrical issues
>
>so i was telling will this saturday night. and he laughs because evidently
>all bays are crazy like this but i thought i would share th story
>
>hershey has had an eletcrical problem for a while now. everytime you hit a
>bump he dies. then i reach down and tap the fuse panel a couple of times and
>he fires back up lets out a big BOOOM!!! and we're off again.
>
>well due to the p/o's p/o there has been some crazy engineering done to the
>electrical system. fuses used as clamps to hold wires in place so...i
>decided it is time to clean up the rats nest. so i pulled the fuse panel
>out...which was held in place by two zip ties. and went to work, constantly
>check my bently diagrams. i get it all cleaned up looks beautiful under the
>dash wires tied up and secure taped together so they don't dangle and bind
>in other parts of the bus (windshield wiper motor in particular). looks
>really good. so i hook up the battery and the damn parking lights come on.
>the switch isn't on but the lights are on. ok i can address that i will just
>get out the test light. well i have juice to a wire that should only have
>juice when the switch is on. can't figure it out. well i can fix that later
>lets see if she starts, and see if the loose connection problem is taken
>care of. i turn the key on, nothing, no lights, no sounds, nothing.hmmm....
>lets see if the headlight switch will turn on the headlights. WTF?!?! now i
>have dash lights such as the oil preassure light and the battery light. and
>it starts up. i turn off the lights and the motor dies.
>
>wierd...i know. so i pull the column again, pull the fuse panel again, and
>pull the light switch. hmmm. i hook the battery up and nothing no lights. i
>turn the lights on and nothing, no lights. but i hear a bit of a noise
>commign from the dash every time i touch the column. AHH HA!!! the positive
>wire that goes from the solenoid to the light switch was loose the entire
>time and that is what was causing the damn thing to die when i flash my
>lights to signal truckers over. well problem was fixed on friday and today,
>maybe, i will button everything up and start working on heater cables.
>
>it's absolutely amazing that a wire going to the light switch would cause
>the damn thing to die and not run sometimes as well.
>
>thank god for the bently book that helped me out 100%
>
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