<VV> BU lights

[Bob Gilbert]

Gears? Gears? There are gears involved? :-) If I want my backup lights and
alarm on , I'll turn them on myself when I'm good and ready! VBG!

By way of an FYI, I have completely revamped my dash set up in the UltraVan.
My mistake was doing it one circuit at a time to correct the patchwork quilt
of wiring created by one or more POs. What I should have done (with the
proverbial 20:20 hindsight!) is cut the loom at the back of the coach ,
ripped out all of the wires and put a new loom in. I now have a full set of
gauges - oil temp and pressure, vacuum, tachometer, head temp X 2 and so on.
I also replaced all of the original switches, long since corroded to
oblivion with a set of individual  switches along with separate circuits and
relays for each major function. With a 20 feet feed of 18 gauge wire from
the battery in the stock system, 9 volts or so at the wipers and headlights
weren't a lot of fun!

Did you know that on the UltraVan there are separate circuits for left and
right wipers, for example? The passenger's side wiper on my coach, ( I think
it was stock) was only accessible by the passenger and neither circuit was
self-parking , at least in my vehicle . Sounds like fun in a rainstorm, eh?

The good news is I did at least document what I did (well, mostly!) LOL!

This is all in fun and all joking aside, I think it's a simple grounding
problem.

Regards,
Bob
 

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read [mailto:hmlinc at sbcglobal.net] 
Sent: April-30-12 9:07 PM
To: Bob Gilbert; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: BU lights

Sorry, I might be asking my questions in reverse order.

I probably should have started with...  What gear is selected when you have
this problem?

Later, JR


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Gilbert" <bgilbert at gilberts-bc.ca>
>
> Regards,
>
> Bob
>
> PS now if I only I could figure out why my backup lights come on when 
> I switch on the dash lights! One thing at a time, patience, patience.. 
> J
>
> 



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