[tcb] Re: Gremlins
- From: Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 22:06:28 -0500
Super cool! All matchy matchy wires! Sounds like fun. I'll keep it in mind
when rewiring.
On May 10, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Neil <nbmdude@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On the Road Dogg, the FPO rewired usin' all red 18 gauge wire...fun times..
>
> --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Gremlins
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 4:27 PM
>> Grounds and really old and corroded
>> connectors. Chuck and I chased stuff
>> like that for a long time and just put in a whole new
>> harness. On Murray,
>> the FPO painted all the wires white.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf
>> Of Eric Woodall
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:32 PM
>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [tcb] Re: Gremlins
>>
>> 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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