[tcb] Re: What do gremlins enjoy?
- From: Gary Alexander <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 13:57:17 -0500
I think I saw that on thenews today, some VW Bus honking their horn as they
drove thru Austin,...and to think all along it was Donner!
Sounds like it's a bad/loose ground somewhere.
All the horn does, when you push the horn button is complete the
ground/circuit.
So, something is going on most likely in your ign switch/steering column,
so when you push on your horn you comeplete the ground for your ignition as
well.
Does it ever stop when you are just sitting still? If not, points to
something being jiggled when movingdown the road...or a gremlin...probably
hanging out with the mice eating those cheese puffs down in Donner's
heater...
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Maybe I am going about this gremlin problem the wrong way. Maybe I need
> embrace him and celebrate him and make him comfy rather than try to banish
> him. I haven't driven Donner much in months. I was working on him before
> the accident. Friends came over 2 weekends ago to help with the last part
> of his mini-overhaul. We did have to honk the horn to get him started. (So
> now I have witnesses that aren't related to me.). But other than that he
> has been doing well on test drives around my neighborhood and town. Today
> I drove to a doctor appointment in Austin (so 45 miles) and he was perfect.
> After the appointment he started fine. At the first traffic light he died
> and wouldn't start until I honked the horn and then less than a mile later
> he cut off while I am driving and wouldn't start until I honked the horn.
> I am having a feeling it is going to be a long crazy 48 mile drive home
> tonight in Austin traffic.
>
> Maybe if I spoil the gremlin with chocolate cake maybe I will get home
> with no problem?
>
> One of you nice folks looked up the wiring chart for a '71 and said to
> check out fuse #10. Well it was loose and I have tightened it. I was
> hoping that that was the magic solution. But now it does not seem to be.
>
> The stalling problem does not have to do with an intake leak. It has to
> be a strange electrical quirk. I don't mind honking the horn to get it
> started but I do mind the shutting off while driving. A couple times when
> this has happened if I honk the horn in time the engine comes back to life.
>
> Maybe beer for a gremlin?
>
> I am not making this stuff up!
>
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