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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #75 on: November 08, 2010, 09:47:35 pm »
Quote from: Evil-Tunes on November 07, 2010, 05:57:31 pm
Yea but you have to do A load of clothes to get some Heat


Tonight was sheet night, so I had the Kenmore dryer fired up for heat for 3 hours...

Anyway, switched Glowbug's battery (that works just fine) with BlueBelles and started up with remote starter, same result,,,,,,

Goin to Jacksonville for work for a few days,,, I get back, I'm pulling the starter out.....If no go, I'm also then fishing out two red wires that the starter solenoid has connections to that run to the back, they were snipped and used for the diagnostic junk. Maybe they are touching/shorting inside the bundle I can't see...
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #76 on: November 09, 2010, 08:18:07 am »
When you get back...Set up "Electrical Party at Rich's House" We'll bring testers, knowledge & a couple of Mr Buddy's
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #77 on: November 09, 2010, 09:21:14 pm »
Quote from: Baha (Shawn) on November 09, 2010, 08:18:07 am
When you get back...Set up "Electrical Party at Rich's House" We'll bring testers, knowledge & a couple of Mr Buddy's

Totally good with that :)
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #78 on: November 10, 2010, 11:07:38 am »
Let us know and be sure to have a load of laundry to dry....

Quote from: GlowBug (Rich) on November 09, 2010, 09:21:14 pm
Totally good with that :)
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #79 on: November 10, 2010, 09:03:44 pm »
Quote from: LoveBus (jack) on November 10, 2010, 11:07:38 am
Let us know and be sure to have a load of laundry to dry....
 

I'll make sure... I gotta hunch - I'm gonna try a few things before I waste peoples time, then, I'll get a the econo bottle of Tide and let folks know...
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #80 on: November 13, 2010, 07:19:21 pm »
Quote from: GlowBug (Rich) on November 10, 2010, 09:03:44 pm
I'll make sure... I gotta hunch - I'm gonna try a few things before I waste peoples time, then, I'll get a the econo bottle of Tide and let folks know...
Had some time this afternoon - took off the entire wire harness cover from starter up to the front fuse box and SURPRISE!!, about midway through, about a small Dixie cup worth of slimy water came out of the harness. I'm not Mr Wizard, but I can't believe that can be good to have your main feeds ( red/white & red/back)  sitting in a harness in water...

Putting the Kenmore dryer on full blast tonight to dry things out, see what happens..
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #81 on: November 19, 2010, 04:38:44 pm »
Was up near Lansdale, that close, I had to go to Bus Depot.

New Hankooks in my truck...  Ol Visa card to the rescue...:)
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #82 on: November 19, 2010, 08:51:43 pm »
Did you get it to start?
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #83 on: November 19, 2010, 11:00:08 pm »
Quote from: rockdog2877 on November 19, 2010, 08:51:43 pm
Did you get it to start?


From Lansdale? 
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #84 on: November 20, 2010, 12:35:18 am »
"a remote, remote starter....."
Well there has been a few days from the 13th..
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #85 on: November 20, 2010, 07:54:27 am »
Quote from: rockdog2877 on November 19, 2010, 08:51:43 pm

Did you get it to start?

I think it would be in the sky from a skywriter plane it started.

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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #86 on: November 20, 2010, 07:56:29 am »
Hope to have time sunday night to work on for a coupla hours...

I got a hunch that should make it start. If I didn't hear Jack start this thing up varoom waroom straight from his truck battery, I'd just pull the starter and take a peek at the bushing in there first.

 If it does or doesnt work, I'm running a new red/white and red/black feed up front. What the hell, I'll also wire in a new 12 gauge wire to the coil/fusebox.

Didn't I say a few months back I hated electrical? :)

All this time, I could have been polishing and buffing my Rustoleum to a nice dull matte sheen. :)
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #87 on: November 22, 2010, 10:47:17 am »
Had a few hours to put in, plus two loads of laundry, so I had heat...

For a test, I took both red/black and red/white wires (they feed up front and back)  off the terminals to the starter.. eliminates any nonsense up front.

So, the only connections were:

from battery positive red cable to starter, battery to ground. Connected my remote starter to starters' large terminal and to top terminal as normal.

Got barely a crank.

I know battery is good, since I put in my Bug, and vice versa and started.

I'm thinking, it has to be the damn starter or starter bushing... the only thing that gets me is that Jack connected directly to the starter with battery cables from his truck battery and it fired up fine

The only thing he could have bypassed is that I have TWO red wires coming from alternator connected on the positive post.  I will disconnect them next, just to make sure I dont have some crazy issue with the alternator.

The good news is that while tracing some wires out, I got the license plate light working ( connected backwards by PO) and the interior back dome light on (not connected at all by PO). I now have every damn electrical thing working on this bus

I still think my wife is coming into my garage and messing with this wiring...



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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #88 on: November 22, 2010, 10:20:14 pm »
When your going to work on it again let me know so I can come over, I want to look at something
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Re: Rich, your bus........
« Reply #89 on: November 22, 2010, 10:49:27 pm »
Quote from: LoveBus (jack) on November 22, 2010, 10:20:14 pm
When your going to work on it again let me know so I can come over, I want to look at something

Oh no, this is when you tell me I have something stupid hooked up, like the starter in upside down.

Ok, will do...
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