Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 10:00:31 PST
Reply-To: joseph Trussell <joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: joseph Trussell <joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tracing wires?
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Dear List:
Thanks for the suggestions on my recent wiring problem. I got in there this
weekend, traced the break lights and the interior lights as well as I could,
became completely frustrated, and yanked out the cigarette lighter.
Apparently that was the problem; I put in a new fuse and have brake lights
and interior lights.
Good thing I recently quit smoking...
Joe T.
'85 GL "bessie"
From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker@uronramp.net>
To: "joseph Trussell" <joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Tracing wires?
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 14:03:55 -0600
> Park all afternoon, and heard an electrical pop, then my 'fasten
seatbelts'
> light came on.
> My brake lights, interior lights, and cigarette lighter stopped working;
> apparently a blown fuse. When I try to replace the fuse, it immediately
> blows. I'm assuming that I have to trace the wires to see if there's
> something exposed or not properly grounded. Does anyone have any
> suggestions for the best way to go about it?
i'd start with the little switch on the floor, right under the parking
brake. it gets bent a lot over the years. usually it only turns on the Brake
light on the dash console, but it might be shorting out enough to blow the
fuses.
another possibility, since the seatbelt light was the one to come on first,
is the little wire harness going to the seat belt itself, the part that's
fixed to the bus (not the 'belt' part that you pull over from the doorpost).
the wires go up under the seat, so you'll have to slide it forward to see
them. in a camper, this is a pain, cause the seat swivel is in the way.
after that, you've got to get a bentley and sketch out the wire colors that
go to those things on that fuse, then start tracing continuity to each thing
on the fuse (lights, lighter, etc.). :( not fun, but the only way to find
it.
another possibility: the overhead courtesy light. it runs positive all the
time and when you flip the little switch/lever on it, you make the ground
connection. so look up behind it first ... see if the red wire is become
disconnected and is flopping around touching the body. the body/chassis is
ground, so if any red wire to any of the things on that list are touching
metal of the body, it'll blow the fuse.
good luck!
joel
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