[tcb] Re: Help! Bus won't start - electrical woes

  • From: Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:05:13 -0500

corrosion on the terminals. check the battery terminals and the wire ends and 
even get some fine grit sand paper and scuff them back to clean metal...put em 
on and tighten them down. that should solve the problem

i had the same problem once...bus wouldn't fire over at all. i checked fuses, 
wiring, etc. finally i went around back and cleaned terminals as a last cry for 
hope and she fired right off.

To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Help! Bus won't start - electrical woes
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:00:28 -0400
From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx

That really sounds like a problem in the battery, or the battery cables.





-----Original Message-----

From: James Dwan <james_dwan_2000@xxxxxxxxx>

To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 7:45 am

Subject: [tcb] Help! Bus won't start - electrical woes





Okay here is the situation. I get in the Bus and turn the key, the E-brake 
light, oil light and battery light come on as usual and then I turn the key to 
the start position and...silence. 

I look down and the lights are off and I don't hear the clock anymore either. 



So I look at the fuses and the coil wires and everything is good. I get back in 
and see a faint glow in the E-brake light. Then slowly all the lights come back 
as if someone has them on a dimmer switch and is slowly turning it up. Then I 
hear the fuel pump kick on then I turn the key and...nothing then darkness. 



It did this twice so I took the battery out and put it on the charger. It has a 
full charge. I noticed the ground strap on the battery looks like it could be 
replaced but other than that I am stumped. I got a ride to work so I plan on 
looking into it this evening with any suggestions I get from TCB It ran fine 
yesterday and no hints of trouble. 

Thanks in advance!



James 



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