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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2004Vehicle purrs
It seems Murphy never sleeps! Last week I was finally able to make the final payment on my little pickup. Aside from the paperwork delay, Nancy and I now own it free and clear! For the last month or so Nancy has been having minor electrical problems. Truck won't start unless she jiggle battery terminals, little stuff like that. Yesterday she was driving home from a Rotary Club meeting and the truck just died in the middle of the street. She had to have it towed to an electrical shop to find out what's wrong. She picked it up from the shop today. Their verdict: don't know. It didn't display any symptoms while they had it, and they even drove it around. So I guess I'll have to take a look when I get home (if Harri Roadcat and I ever do get home). Then this evening she was driving the pickup home when she heard what she describes as a loud flapping noise that's speed related. She can't find what's causing it. It gets louder with speed, so she's afraid to drive very fast. UPDATE: Nancy called my brother to follow her and see if he could spot what was making the noise. Within a block of starting out, the noise stopped. I'm thinking she might have run over a plastic bag or something of the sort that wrapped itself around an axle. I'll take a look at it when I get home. And it DOES look like I'll be getting home soon! I'm currently sitting at the truck stop in Corning, CA and will be rolling soon to pick up a load in Marysville, CA that delivers in Rancho Cucamonga, CA on Monday. That will get me back to my home terminal in Colton! Harri finally gets to meet his Meowmie and his brofur and sisfurs! Purrs that the poor little truck can stay healthy until I get home to look at it, and that Nancy can get to and from work ok, would be appreciated. Dan > It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Dan Dan, this sounds very much like what happened to John's big (22 foot box van) truck when we were in Highland and needed to drive nearly 900 miles in the next few days. I don't know how old your truck is, but his problem turned out to be the solenoid. Sometimes his truck wouldn't start; sometimes it died. It made a horrible noise at times. Oh, the other thing was starter fluid. Purrs for the vehicle and for you and Harri to get home soon to take a look. We don't want Nancy stranded! Jill > Last week I was finally able to make the final payment on my little > pickup. Aside from the paperwork delay, Nancy and I now own it free and > clear! Congratulations! > Purrs that the poor little truck can stay healthy until I get home to > look at it, and that Nancy can get to and from work ok, would be > appreciated. Absolutely! Mechanical purrs on the way.  SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Dan Vehicle purrs coming. Unknown electrical problems suck and seem almost totally undiagnosable. I hope the truck keeps running. > Vehicle purrs coming. Unknown electrical problems suck and seem almost > totally undiagnosable. I hope the truck keeps running. Thanks, we're hoping so too. I might be asking for trouble, but I have an attitude towards this problem. I may be a truck driver now, but I have a degree in Electrical Engineering. No truck electrical problem is going to get the best of me, by god! I've got 3 days off coming this week, so I'm going to spend some time digging through the electrical system and see what I can find. Dan No cluons were harmed when Dan M <dan@wolf.com> said: >> Vehicle purrs coming. Unknown electrical problems suck and seem almost >> totally undiagnosable. I hope the truck keeps running. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >by god! I've got 3 days off coming this week, so I'm going to spend some >time digging through the electrical system and see what I can find. It's a clothing-related issue. I bet if you dig through the wiring long enough, you'll find it's caused by a pair of shorts (evil grin). Hugs and Purrs, Mark > It's a clothing-related issue. I bet if you dig through the wiring > long enough, you'll find it's caused by a pair of shorts (evil grin). Ha! I like that! >> Vehicle purrs coming. Unknown electrical problems suck and seem almost >> totally undiagnosable. I hope the truck keeps running. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dan Look for mice or squirrel chewing. Whenever I've heard this happen, they are usually the culprits. No cluons were harmed when Dan M <dan@wolf.com> said: [snips] >For the last month or so Nancy has been having minor electrical >problems. Truck won't start unless she jiggle battery terminals, little >stuff like that. Yesterday she was driving home from a Rotary Club >meeting and the truck just died in the middle of the street. She had to >have it towed to an electrical shop to find out what's wrong. I don't know if this is the same thing as your problem, but it sounds like the one I had omce. Years ago, I had a little Ford Ranger that had a problem similar to this. It would die for no apparent reason. Then later, it would start and run fine, despite nothing having been done to it. I made several trips to the mechanic, and paid $50 each time to hook it up to their diagnostic machine. FINALLY (after three visits and $150.00 out of pocket), they found the problem: a little box called an "inertia switch". It's designed to shut off the fuel and electrical system in case of a crash (read sudden sharp change in movement - grin), to prevent a fuel fire. Somehow it chose to short out every now and then. Anyway, the little box cost me $85.00, and I never had a lick of trouble from my little truck after the switch was replaced. Hugs and Purrs, Mark > FINALLY (after three visits and $150.00 out of pocket), they found the > problem: a little box called an "inertia switch". It's designed to [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Anyway, the little box cost me $85.00, and I never had a lick of > trouble from my little truck after the switch was replaced. Never heard of such a thing. I'll be sure to check the schematic for such a beastie. > It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Dan If you get this before its too late, and you have time, call me when you are in Marysville. Charlie and I'd love to meet you and Harri, even if only for a few minutes! I'm in Yuba City. 674-0358. Jo Firey > If you get this before its too late, and you have time, call me when you are > in Marysville. Charlie and I'd love to meet you and Harri, even if only for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jo Firey Ack! I'll keep that in my notebook. I left Marysville about half an hour after posting that, and am now south of Fresno. But I will probably be back to travelling California again, so I'll be in touch if Roadcat and I get dispatched up that way again. Dan >> If you get this before its too late, and you have time, call me when you >> are in Marysville. Charlie and I'd love to meet you and Harri, even if [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dan Maybe one of these days. I figured you usually hit the I5 corridor most of the time, or barely slowed down going thru here. You sound like you are really ready for some time home. Give Harri an extra scritch. Jo > It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Dan Purrs for a healthy truck and a safe trip home for you and Harri! Joy >It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Dan You got it. Revving up truck purrs now . . . . Ginger-lyn Good kitty and human vibes for Nancy's truck to hang in there till you get back. It does sound like a plastic bag to me,too -- if she smells a burned plastic smell that would clinch it. Christine > It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Dan <snip> > Purrs that the poor little truck can stay healthy until I get home to > look at it, and that Nancy can get to and from work ok, would be > appreciated. > > Dan Purrs on the way. It may be worth changing the battery leads, one of them may be cracked under the insulation. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Good Behaviour purrs en route for the truck, your speedy homecoming and your successful forensic examination of said truck, and for Harri's introduction to the family. Hope that cover everything Gordon & the TT SignatureFeline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat > It seems Murphy never sleeps! Hoping the truck gets sorted! Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- Happy to hear you're almost home and that Harri will finally meet the rest of his new family. Sorry to hear about the mystery problem with the truck. Now, if this were a late 80's Ford I'd know where to look. They had an electronic module which matches your symptoms when they started to go bad. I have an '87 Ford PU which had that problem. A few years ago I drove out to California and then back to Oklahoma. After driving for a while, the truck would die. Wait ten minutes, and it would start back up and drive for a couple hours, then die. Only took three different mechanics to properly diagnose and fix the problem.The first was a Ford dealer in New Mexico (while I was traveling cross country to California). They wanted to replace the fuel pump. In California, they correctly diagnosed the problem and replaced the module. But, it turns out that there's another electronic gizmo that should be replaced at the same time - which they didn't do. When that gizmo is bad, it can burn out the module. So, by the time I got back to Oklahoma the module was bad. I took it to my regular mechanic when I got home, and half way through my description he stopped me and said it knew what the problem was, and that there Ford had put out a bulletin on how to fix it. An hour later - most of which was spent waiting for the part, and he had it fixed. This was three years ago, and the problem never resurfaced. >It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Dan SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Make and model? SignatureChristopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com It seems Murphy never sleeps! Last week I was finally able to make the final payment on my little pickup. Aside from the paperwork delay, Nancy and I now own it free and clear! For the last month or so Nancy has been having minor electrical problems. Truck won't start unless she jiggle battery terminals, little stuff like that. Yesterday she was driving home from a Rotary Club meeting and the truck just died in the middle of the street. She had to have it towed to an electrical shop to find out what's wrong. She picked it up from the shop today. Their verdict: don't know. It didn't display any symptoms while they had it, and they even drove it around. So I guess I'll have to take a look when I get home (if Harri Roadcat and I ever do get home). Then this evening she was driving the pickup home when she heard what she describes as a loud flapping noise that's speed related. She can't find what's causing it. It gets louder with speed, so she's afraid to drive very fast. UPDATE: Nancy called my brother to follow her and see if he could spot what was making the noise. Within a block of starting out, the noise stopped. I'm thinking she might have run over a plastic bag or something of the sort that wrapped itself around an axle. I'll take a look at it when I get home. And it DOES look like I'll be getting home soon! I'm currently sitting at the truck stop in Corning, CA and will be rolling soon to pick up a load in Marysville, CA that delivers in Rancho Cucamonga, CA on Monday. That will get me back to my home terminal in Colton! Harri finally gets to meet his Meowmie and his brofur and sisfurs! Purrs that the poor little truck can stay healthy until I get home to look at it, and that Nancy can get to and from work ok, would be appreciated. Dan Lots of purrs and best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip> > Purrs that the poor little truck can stay healthy until I get home to > look at it, and that Nancy can get to and from work ok, would be > appreciated. > > Dan > It seems Murphy never sleeps! > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > Dan Vehicle *healing* purrs on the way. Major bummer about your truck. Sam >Purrs that the poor little truck can stay healthy until I get home to >look at it, and that Nancy can get to and from work ok, would be >appreciated. > >Dan Truck purrs sent. I hope Harri readjusts to a house. Suz Macmoosette =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= "People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life." --Faith Resnick |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") |
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