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dhaavers
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 Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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I'll gladly share a few pics when that's all done...  |
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Sorry to say, it'll be a few more months, at least... 
Van is currently hibernating in the garage, not to be dealt with until I can get working conditions above 45 degrees...usually sometime in March...
Just sayin'... 
- Dave
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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Yeah, thanks...even 15 years ago I figured we needed two stalls, "plus one for fun"...
- Dave
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 3:41 pm Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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Long overdue update...
FINALLY wrapped up my recently rebuilt FI harness. Bad phone pic for proof...
After silicone rescue tape wrap (FWIW, note new yellow wiring & insulated connectors @ PS idle switch):
- Dave
Ironically, we had an unseasonably low high temp today of...45 degrees... 
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calo1956
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| Posted: Sat Jun 02, 2018 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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WOW!!!!!! That was some adventure!!! Scary, and eye opening! You guys are all the best!!! I read every post like a novel, even though it doesn't pertain to my 80 westy. Great job, well done!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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great thread, i learned a lot.
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sanchius 
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| Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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Holy smokes, what an ordeal!
After reading through all this, I am even more grateful that my current van has dumb old manual steering with that big city-bus steering wheel.
Everything is simpler, lighter, quieter, cleaner and Mrs. S. loves the 6-pack and rippling biceps I get from the Armstrong steering workout.
OK, maybe everything but that last bit.
I'd be less than truthful if I didn't say that I find myself more worn out after a long day of driving with manual steering than I ever was with power steering, so I guess it's all a tradeoff at some level.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:33 am Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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Some thoughts as I go through this issue myself. Yes, there would be no exact indication if the fuse blew to the driver other than no start. Here is where my thinking is going as I proceed in fusing the power in the black box.
Could a wiring genius help me understand a way to light a warning lamp up front, maybe a trick with a relay, etc. that could say "injection power is off" . Just trying to come up with a good addition, but not a wiring guru myself.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 2:53 pm Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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Some thoughts as I go through this issue myself. Yes, there would be no exact indication if the fuse blew to the driver other than no start. Here is where my thinking is going as I proceed in fusing the power in the black box.
Could a wiring genius help me understand a way to light a warning lamp up front, maybe a trick with a relay, etc. that could say "injection power is off" . Just trying to come up with a good addition, but not a wiring guru myself.
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. If you wanted to keep it close to the fuse, a simple , tiny LED light pulling power off the downstream side of the fuse to act as a indicator light could be installed in the black box, with a tiny hole allowing the led to poke out. Wouldn’t be up front in your dash, unless you want to run the wire all the way up there and mount the LED there. But the rear light will still tell you if the fuse has power once you’ve got the engine cover off and are poking around the engine.
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bobbyblack
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 4:10 pm Post subject: Re: Van attempts start w/ ignition ON--switch is good |
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I like the idea, and for a start. That would be better than poking around.
The fuse with LED when blown is where I started wondering how to get this bigger idea sorted. I would like to know more on the mechanism on how the circuit works to accomplish a LED turning on when there is no power to the wire/bundle that is being fused.
I'd have no trouble running yet another wire to the dash. I might even have spares in the bundle I already have running up there.
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