911 Call - Help

[walter m. drew]

Larry,
I just had a problem with my dash lights. Turns out that the radio
ground was wired to the hot wire for the dash lights. Only took Emery
and I a few hours to figure that out. You should check the headlight
switch. I found one at Checker for 10 bucks, found the short and
returned it. You have to drop the bottom half of the dash, pull the
light switch all the way out and then press a little button which will
release the knob. Then you spin off the bezel and the unit drops right
out. We asked for a 76 Tornado headlight switch. Good Luck. The hot
wires on my 78 Royale to the dash lights are all gray. Make sure that
you don't have an extra fuse wired in someplace. Do you think anything
could have changed from the Jacob's installation?

Walter 78 Royale

 

[dave1]

>Leaving for a 850 mile trip tomorrow night and all of the sudden:
>1. I don't have dash instrument lights, fuse is good, all other lights work
>(clearance and headlight + dome)........???????

Guess: Rheostat on headlamp switch.

>2. Onan won't start (from remote or at genset) without jumping 12v to the
>coil, then runs great as long as I leave the hotwire in place.

Guess: Probably a bad solder joint on the control PCB. Could be a sticky or
broken relay also. I have experienced both.

The problem with bypassing the control by hot-wireing the coil is that you
no longer have low oil pressure protection and the fuel pump will not shut
off if the generator stalls.

Good luck, I know how you feel

Dave
73 Sequoia