A few years back I was having trouble with intermittent problems starting my
engine; sometimes it worked and sometimes not. My brother measured the
voltage at the starter and sometimes I'd get 12 volts and sometimes not.
Several friends suggested adding an extra solenoid before the starter and
Dennis Holbrook kept telling me my headlight switch was probably going out.
I didn't understand what the headlight switch had to do with the starter so
I added an extra solenoid and it worked great. About three months later my
headlight switch fried nearly catching on fire and that's when I realized
what Dennis was talking about. I don't know about bay windows but in
splittie's the main power wire to the ignition switch runs through the
headlight switch. I guess this was another Gunter design!
----- Original Message -----
From: "singlecabboy" <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:46 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: (HOU) Glen Rose 9/22-24,2006
I cured a similar problem with one of the starter helper things , also a ford celinoyd did the trick.
--- Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm all for leaving Friday sometime but I just jumped in it and the bus would not start....
Last week it did the same thing when I jumped in it to go the anti-meeting Friday night, I got under it and hit the solenoid as well as the starter and even turned the engine by hand with a socket and it finally turned over and started.
I measure the volts at the battery just now and they are 10.5 volts. ...a little low but:
Synptons:
Radio works, head lights work. Turn the key and nothing (no sound) ...... I notice that when I turn the radio on and then I then the head lights on, the radio stops....turn lights over the radio comes on but still no sounds (like the engine trying to turn over)
Got any electrical gurus out there?
Bob, if you see this post call me please....
Trey
----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sawyer
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 8:48 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: (HOU) Glen Rose 9/22-24,2006
Looks like Emily and I will be able to get off work at noon on Friday, 22nd. Do the people from Houston want to cruize together???
Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote: If Katrina and I can get a friday off, we will most likely head up thursday (9/21) after work. The worst case would be a friday at noon departure. I think it is about a six hour drive. Straight out 290 to 6 and up to Glen Rose. Who else is going? Mark I know ya'll are going, get friday off? Trey when can you go? Eric, ya'll are not going? Ronnie? Jack? Joe? Anyone else?
Dan & Katrina Martin 1971 VW Bus H.B.B. T.C.B.
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