[tcb] Re: Gremlins
- From: Eric Woodall <ericthomaswoodall@xxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:31:52 -0500
Seems like most of the time on an aircooled vw electrical issues can be
attributes to bad grounds.
On May 10, 2011, at 3:27 PM, "chuck" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It sounds to me like you have some ground issues.a fuse is either good or bad
> .You could have corrision on the ends of the fuses where they make electrical
> contact.Before really tackling the wiring locate the grounds for the various
> appliances.clean and tight connections are good.If all of the appliances
> cycle off and on together look for a loose main feed wire on or near the fuse
> panel.glass fuse are okay the do the same thing as the German ones.
> Be patient my child and you will feel really good when everything works.As a
> last resort bring it to me.
> oleblue
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie" <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 2:20 PM
> Subject: [tcb] Gremlins
>
>
> This is probably a Chuck question since my '68 zebra Bus doesn't have normal
> wiring and he is familiar with Denis' abnormal wiring. This Bus has glass
> fuses and everything looks different.
>
> At times on my driveway or at my mechanic's the horn, brake lights, brites
> and low beams and turn signals have worked correctly and then they work on
> quickie test drives but then on longer journeys (like to work) they get
> freaky. Like the turn signals work but when I turn them off they go off but
> the green triangles stay lit. Sometimes I can get these to turn off by
> putting my headlights on and clicking them to brite to turn the green
> triangles off. Or then sometimes the turn signals just quit.
>
> Later (maybe hours or days later) after I make it to my destination, I start
> to fiddle. I mess with the fuses up front, I mess with the wires in the
> back, I mess with the wiring in the turn signal housing (some of the wires in
> there are on their last leg, one is now unattached, I think it has to do with
> switching from low to high beams) and usually I get it back to some state of
> working. And then I test drive, it works well enough. And then I drive to
> work and it goes goofy again and stops working.
>
> So here is my theory, can the turn signal relay work normal sometimes like
> after a period of rest but not work other times because it gets hot over a
> longer drive?
>
> Or do I need to call a priest and have an exorcism?
>
> When the turn signals, horn and brake lights stop working all at the same
> time I believe that has more to do with a fuse that gets loose.
>
> My alternator light sometimes goes on when I am stopped at a traffic light
> especially if I have my headlights on but when I start moving it does go off.
> I thought perhaps a timing/idle problem but the mechanic worked on that
> today and the green light is coming on again when stopped at traffic lights
> even without the headlights on. I don't know if this has anything to do with
> the turn signal gremlins.
>
> Thanks for reading this babble, I can't believe you made it this far. I like
> quirks but this Bus has a few too many.
>
> Julie
>
>
>
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