[tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects

From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:27:46 -0800 (PST)
We have 3 members!
 
I think my fear of wiring started as a wee small child.  We had a 2-story house 
with a swamp cooler window unit in a second floor window.  It had a copper tube 
which ran down to a fitting on the water pipe on the ground to supply water to 
the swamp cooler.  When I was about 3 playing in the backyard I decided I 
needed a drink, went over the water faucet to turn it on.  To balance myself 
and turn on the faucet I grabbed the copper tube with the right hand and the 
faucet with my left at the same time.  That was my first encounter with 
electricity.  The swamp cooler apparently had a short and had been grounding 
through the copper tube.  Well, it was now grounding through the body of a 
3-year old little boy,.  Both hands were frozen to the fixtures and I could not 
let go.  That electricity stuff does that to you.  
 
Fortunately my dad was nearby, ran over and knocked me loose from the very 
powerful electrical current.  The only result that I had was some slightly 
burned hands, a large amount of scare, and a lasting fear of electricity and 
wiring.

Had my dad not been nearby or slow in reacting to what was happening we would 
have one less old vintage VW guy around now.
 
And yes, even though I was only 3,  I still have a vivid memory of that event.

--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Rusty Herring <rustmah1@xxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Rusty Herring <rustmah1@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: "Texas Coalition of Busses" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 3:28 PM






i want join  the IAEW!!!!! 
i can do most of the thinks on my vw"s but i gave up on electrical a long vtime 
ago>???

If it can happen it will hapen to me????
 



Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:55:41 -0800
From: bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx






Denis:  You and Murray are what keeps the interest going in this site.  It 
would be a really dull world without both of you.
 
And as to your knowledge of wiring:  Well you are not alone.  I pride myself in 
being a reasonably knowledgable vintage VW mechanic and know more than most 
about the ins and outs of these old machines.  But when it comes to those 
things through which current flows; I feel totally incompedent.  I would have 
never made it through school as an electrical engineering major.  Those wires 
and current are simply foreign to me and I gave up a long time ago trying to 
understand it.  Fortunately I have a friend who is an absolute genius on 
automotive wiring; and as for the house hold currents; well I have an 
electrical engineer who is retired from NASA who lives across the street.  
Maybe you and I can start a new club.  We can call it IAEW; which stands for 
Incompetent About Electricity and Wiring.
 
 

--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 6:58 AM




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Well, last night I went at the wiring and I don’t know crap about it. The test 
light confirmed it. I couldn’t even get the test light to work. I can’t figure 
out the simplest thing under there. I might need the genius of Blue after all. 
I called him last night a little after 8:30, but I guess he was down for the 
night.
 

From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
sammie smith
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:46 AM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
  




Denis:  It is a good story.  See all the comments that it raised.

--- On Tue, 12/13/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote: 

From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:46 PM 



Hey you guys. I am dumb but not a complete idiot. I will figure out the radio 
thing. I just thought that it would a good story that it happened when I put in 
the parcel tray. 
 

From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
w.wood
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:08 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
  

In a 63 there isn't that much wiring.  Why not troubleshoot a bit with a test 
light or a meter?

On Dec 13, 2011 5:59 PM, "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:


I KNOW what is wrong with my wiring. I jammed it all up into the underside of 
the dash putting in the parcel tray. Not being careful. I must be frugal in 
getting help from Mr Blue. When I do need his help I need it badly.
  

From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
w.wood
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 5:52 PM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
  

Sunshine tax

On Dec 13, 2011 3:15 PM, "sammie smith" <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





Have you tried consulting with the wiring guru on this list; AKA your 
brother-in-law.  Heck, with the proper incentive he might even make a trip to 
the cold climes of snowy northwest AR for Xmas and fix your wiring.

 

As a side:  I just got back from the glass shop with two new pieces of mirror 
glass for the VWOA elephant ears that I am restoring.  Last time I had to 
replace the glass in one was when the howling headwinds (70-90mph) encountered 
towing to the Cal classic broke the glass in one.  I searched all over Anaheim 
and south LA trying to find a glass shop to get it fixed before OCTO and the 
Classic.  Finally found one to cut a new glass and he charged me $35.  The best 
glass cutter in Nacogdoches just did two of them and charged me $10.  I know 
why people are leaving CA and moving to Texas.

--- On Tue, 12/13/11, Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Denis Dodson <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 12:45 PM




So, much like how my ribs still hurt after more than a year, Murray is still 
recovering from running into that tree years ago.

 

When I did all the body stretching and repair from kissing the tree, I had to 
take out the parcel tray. Years passed and I decided to put it back in. Well, 
guess what? Murray is not the same shape as he was! The parcel tray has to fit 
in to a notch on the bottom of the speedometer pod. The parcel tray was a good 
two plus inches from fitting in there. Murray looks OK from the outside, but 
not at all from the inside. 

  

So. I bought a rusted up parcel tray at the last classic and started trimming 
away with my cut off tool. Cut, try to fit, cut, try a again, cut more in a 
different place, try to fit, cut off whole end, better, still no cigar. Finally 
I cram and bang until it fits in to the notch. Now I have to take it out and 
weld in a new back and an “L” bracket to make a screw hole. OK, yea! It’s Done! 

  

Now the radio won’t work. I had to push all the wiring up under the dash to fit 
the parcel tray and there is no power to the radio. I am hoping that I can find 
the undone connection without taking out the f#!%*^! Parcel tray.
Follow-Ups:
- [tcb] Re: Here's a new subject, tree collision aftereffects
  - From: Rusty Herring
References:
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