[tcb] Re: electrical issues

  • From: "Brian Denning" <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:58:55 -0500

that's how my 77 was. but on the 69 the headlights will come on with out the key on.


From: Will Wood <evilscientistboo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:37:35 -0400 (EDT)




Yeah, but in reality who really needs it?  Besides in the Later Euro specs, without the ignition being on
you just got parking lights.
 




 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Sawyer
Sent: Oct 17, 2006 9:13 AM
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues

The reason they have the main electrical wired thru the headlight switch first is to allow you to have the lights on without having the ignition turned on.

Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
well i know this much i am 4.5 hours way from dallas and about 4 hours away
from denis' house. i don't know where athens is but i am guessing 4 or more
hours. Gerald is right though that is what the diagram shows it is weird i
know i am still thinkign the same thing but that was the factory wire with
the factory grommet attached to the factory switch. i am still scratching my
head on it but that is what the diagram even shows.



>From: "Chuck Blue"
>Reply-To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To:
>Subject: [tcb] Re: electrical issues
>Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:48:11 -0500
>
>Better do some more checking.The main wire from the battery should go to
>the Ing. switch and then on to the headlight switch.
>That's just my .02.Have fun.How far away are you from Athens?
>ole blue
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Denning"
>
>To:
>Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 11:53 AM
>Subject: [tcb] electrical issues
>
>
>>so i was telling will this saturday night. and he laughs because evidently
>>all bays are crazy like this but i thought i would share th story
>>
>>hershey has had an eletcrical problem for a while now. everytime you hit a
>>bump he dies. then i reach down and tap the fuse panel a couple of times
>>and he fires back up lets out a big BOOOM!!! and we're off again.
>>
>>well due to the p/o's p/o there has been some crazy engineering done to
>>the electrical system. fuses used as clamps to hold wires in place so...i
>>decided it is time to clean up the rats nest. so i pulled the fuse panel
>>out...which was held in place by two zip ties. and went to work,
>>constantly check my bently diagrams. i get it all cleaned up looks
>>beautiful under the dash wires tied up and secure taped together so they
>>don't dangle and bind in other parts of the bus (windshield wiper motor in
>>particular). looks really good. so i hook up the battery and the damn
>>parking lights come on. the switch isn't on but the lights are on. ok i
>>can address that i will just get out the test light. well i have juice to
>>a wire that should only have juice when the switch is on. can't figure it
>>out. well i can fix that later lets see if she starts, and see if the
>>loose connection problem is taken care of. i turn the key on, nothing, no
>>lights, no sounds, nothing.hmmm.... lets see if the headlight switch will
>>turn on the headlights. WTF?!?! now i have dash lights such as the oil
>>preassure light and the battery light. and it starts up. i turn off the
>>lights and the motor dies.
>>
>>wierd...i know. so i pull the column again, pull the fuse panel again, and
>>pull the light switch. hmmm. i hook the battery up and nothing no lights.
>>i turn the lights on and nothing, no lights. but i hear a bit of a noise
>>commign from the dash every time i touch the column. AHH HA!!! the
>>positive wire that goes from the solenoid to the light switch was loose
>>the entire time and that is what was causing the damn thing to die when i
>>flash my lights to signal truckers over. well problem was fixed on friday
>>and today, maybe, i will button everything up and start working on heater
>>cables.
>>
>>it's absolutely amazing that a wire going to the light switch would cause
>>the damn thing to die and not run sometimes as well.
>>
>>thank god for the bently book that helped me out 100%
>>
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