Date:         Thu, 15 Jul 2021 23:27:21 -0600
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Any Guesses ~~ Now For Sure Your Turn Please ~ Update
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM>
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        Fuel Gauge reads correct & swapping in a diff’ DCV Reg, just for curiosity

 made no diff’ as expected ~

        Current state of functionality of this Van is that it runs pretty well most of the time,

some of the time, ie, it can do significant periods of high speed hiway runs without issue

& then get coughy & chocky on slow down & then the next day do over 200Mi’s of Mountain

driving without even so much as a hiccough & then days with bad times & good times & then

a day of good City Drives only to then a day of Bad ~ When Bad it seems like “Limp Home”

in that On The Fly You can Clutch, turn Igni’Key Off/On, release clutch & all is back to good

for awhile ~

        1 oddity that is a bit of a head scratcher is that during 1 of it’s Bad Phases, If @ Idle

or @ some 10 to 20Ks RPMs it begins to go stumbly & for some reason You decide to reach

for the O2Snsr wire, when Your Hand/Fingers get to very close proximity of the connection

between the wire to the Sensor & the wire to the ECU the Eng will jump in RPM & start to

run smooth again ~ My WAG is some sort of Inducted Signal to the wire from My Electric

Personality but I’m not aware that I have Such ~ Have DVM’d the O2Snsr Wire & Its related

Ground wire & All Looks OK ~~~~  HELP  ~~~~~~



> On 7 Jul , 2021, at 4:29 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> If the fuel gauge also reads low then it's undoubtedly the instrument panel
> voltage regulator.
> 
> Yrs,
> d
> 
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 4:32 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>>                David
>> 
>>        Thanks for that,, Reminded Me of 1 symptom I had planned to mention
>> 
>> but had forgotten > Gauge Indicates Low, Rad Fan Comes On when needle is
>> 
>> @ about 1/4 from bottom & RadFan Switch is fairly new ~
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7 Jul , 2021, at 12:11 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Another Oddity > Coolant Level Warning Light Flashes Constantly with
>> Key On
>>>> 
>>>> Even with Connector Jumped & Relay 43 Removed ~ Any ideas on that ~
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Either gauge input voltage out of spec or more likely leaky timing
>>> capacitor inside the gauge.  10 uF 16V.
>>> 
>>> Yrs,
>>> d
>> 
>>