[tcb] Good Mechanic. (Fully on topic)
- From: "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:46:30 -0600
So, since I ran Murray in to the tree, he has not had a parcel tray. I took
it out before the big stretch. And if you all remember I got fed up with
electrical problems and had a local guy here, Tark, do a complete electrical
make over using a fuse block and relay/flasher system from a Saab. (He calls
all the cars he does this to "Lars").
So, a couple of months or so, I put back in the parcel tray (it doesn't fit
right because the bus has a new shape, but that is a whole nother story).
Anyway, since I did that my turn signals won't work, they just stay on when
I pull down the switch. I figured that I had loosened some connectors, or
something, but I searched and lay upside down between the seat and the
steering column (which isn't comfortable with still tender ribs) but could
never find anything. The weather has gotten much warmer here, and Brad and
Dave Heilleman and I all brought out our busses out last night for our club
meeting. Again, I search for the disconnection , or whatever, and again find
nothing
So, finally, on the way to the meeting, I take Murray to Tark and tell him
the problem, and he bent in there, with me holding the door open and saying
that he could take out the kick panel, since I had removed all but one screw
for him. He hummed and hawed and came out with.a blown fuse. He went and got
a new one and popped it in.done. How embarrassing.
A fuse never even occurred to me. Why would the dash light work at all if
the fuse was burned? Why wouldn't it just be dark? He explained about the
turn signal switch, something about the electricity to the flasher, blah
blah blah. That was it. No charge. On your way. Months of aggravation, fixed
in minutes.
Let this be a lesson to you, FRED. Take your bus, with it's hot coil, to
someone who KNOWS. Use your AAA to tow it for you. Lots of time and
aggravation can be saved.
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