Re: And now the subject we all love... The Hard St
I got under the dash this weekend. I disassembled the steering column cowling, removed all the switches from the column, and unplugged all of the cables going up the column. I found my turn signal switch needs replacing (it's super stiff and the stalk is always falling out of the switch). I found I have a loose wire not connected to anything on the ignition bundle. So, I tied that off and made sure it wouldn't ground on anything. I cleaned up the plugs in the harness; the connectors all looked good no real corrosion there; just really dirty.
I also found a dash light under there just dangling all willy nilly like. So, I pulled the bulb from it and placed it in my "high beam" indicator as that seemed to be non-functioning lately. Late night drive last night seems to have all of my dash guages lit, and my feet no longer lit (my feet use to be lit brighter than the instruments).
Finally, while I was at it, I decided to look into why my horns aren't working. It seems the problem is because they're all broken, except for one of my back ups (the PO was kind enough to supply me with a spare set). The only horn that seems to be working is the "high" pitch horn and it sounds like something crawled up inside it and died. The low pitch horn seems kind of odd to me. It only has 1 terminal physically attached, the other terminal seems to be part of the mounting post. It's kind of hard to mount this thing without it shorting. Anyways, since it seemed like neither of my low pitched horns are working I just wired both high pitched horns in and left it at that for now.
The results on the electrical system are great. On start up (with no choke), the power light stays on until I rev the engine past 1000 RPMs. Then it goes out and stays out. Driving at night, the charge indicator is completely out now, unless I use the turn signals, and then I get a very very faint glow from the charging light that comes on and goes out in sync with the flashers. I think I need to disassemble the front lights and clean them as I have already done the rear ones recently.
A spirited test drive on a bumpy canyon road followed by a short bumpy freeway hop has me convinced that I addressed the problem. There were no power failures at all. I think my only remaining major electrical problem (aside from needing to replace the horns) is with the hazard lights, which seem to have stopped working. After chasing down all these other issues, I don't think it'll be too much of a problem to fix. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
However, I think I may be running a bit too lean now, because at speed on the freeway I experienced a bit of hesitation (felt like hitting pockets of wind even though there was no wind to speak of yesturday), and then I got some hesitation from idle after my freeway sprint.
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