[tcb] Re: Gremlins
- From: kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 08:08:46 -0700 (PDT)
Unless you move to Texas where the Mexicans will do the job for half the
price
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From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 7:22:47 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Gremlins
"In this world, you get what you pay for." - Kurt Vonnegut.
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 6:05 AM, kelly dosch <kellydosch@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The owner of Bugoholics in Pasadena says there is a really good shop near his
that will actually just make a new harness and install it for a fraction of the
cost of ordering a new one. (imported labor ) He said they're cheap, fast, and
they know what they're doing.
> Actually, I think he said,"They do good work. They'll getcha in & out and
> you
>can probably pay 'em with a case of beer."
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From: w.wood <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wed, May 11, 2011 1:21:51 AM
>Subject: [tcb] Re: Gremlins
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>The Bays were the first VW bus with integrated all of the turn signal and
>hi/low
>beam functions. It could be that the switch is just worn out. My Step Dad's
>old bus used to have similar issues so
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>we replaced the switch with one from a bone yard. That cleared it up for
>awhile
>then finally we replaced the dimmer relay and it fixed everything. The bays
>were
>the first to actually get an honest relay in a bus. As all of the other
>e-mails
>replying to this indicate, patience is your best friend along with a good
>multimeter. Also, don't forget that the contacts, even though they'll conduct
>current, won't do it well. Also, if your wiring has been severely hacked by
>DPOs or FPOs (are they like APOs?) just get a new harness; it'll save you tons
>of headaches and frustration.
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>On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>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.
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>>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.
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>>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.
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>>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?
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>>Or do I need to call a priest and have an exorcism?
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>>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.
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>>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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