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Headlight switch - Terry Neal - 03-02-2008 06:01

Yes, anytime Bill. Comes with ear muffs too (actually not too bad).
It has the Allison 4 speed auto behind it & straight exhausts all the
way out the rear bumper.

Terry Neal
Bozeman, MT
82PT40
74FC34

Wilhelmus Schreurs wrote:

> Terry:
> I sure could use that 74 of yours to run up and down the hills here,
> gosh would that be nice LOL.
> Can I borrow it for a while .
>
> Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
> Terrace, B.C. Canada
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Terry Neal
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2008 1:11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Headlight Switch
>
> Good stuff Greg. Am going to do head & tail lights on mine as soon as
> the snow melts a little. A lot of protection in these upgrades.
>
>Terry Neal
>Bozeman, MT
>82PT40 6V92TA
>74FC34 6V53T
>
>
>
>
> Gregory OConnor wrote:
>
>>
>> Often a switch burns out when an appliance it turns on draw too much
>> juice.
>>
>> Setting up a relay to power the lights will route the juice to glow
>> the light away from the dash switch. the dash switch will then only
>> power or trip the relays. JohnF has an article about a headlight
>> relay upgrade some place.
>>
>> You can use several relays to trip different lights that the switch
>> powers. Set the dash switch to trip each relay in parellel. that
>> way a fault in one light or length of wire will not darken the
>> remaining lights.
>>
>> The relay also helps supply more juice to the lights and they glow
>> brighter B-).
>>
>> CurtS of this forum built a relay board for my ailing tail lights and
>> an independent set of relays for the trailer plug. that way the toad
>> or trailer wont effect the bus running lights.
>>
>> 94pt Taillight relays <http://www.pbase.com/gregoryoc/image/82214174>
>>
>> http://www.pbase. com/gregoryoc/ image/82214174
>> <http://www.pbase.com/gregoryoc/image/82214174>
>>
>> GregoryO'Connor
>>
>> 94ptRomolandCa
>>
>>
>>
>
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Headlight switch - Wilhelmus Schreurs - 03-02-2008 16:13

Terry:
I can handle that, bet it has a lot of giddee up and go though, much more than our 3208T

Bill 84 FC 35 SB "$quanderlodge"
Terrace, B.C. Canada

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Headlight switch - Steve & Kathy Enfinger - 12-03-2008 12:41

Guess what? Got in Sunday night after T'gvg all working well ... now
the dash, parking, nor clearance lights will work. Seems to be a
section of the headlight switch gone bad. Call Earl at BB or is there
another source?? 1991.

Steve Enfinger
Newton, GA
'91 WBSA

Headlight switch - Kurt Horvath - 12-03-2008 14:28

Steve,

I had my lights go out on the road on night.
I removed the light switch and very gently bent the contacts out to get
a better connection, seems after 13 years they get a little straightend
out. They have worked great for two years now. Hope this helps.

Kurt Horvath
95 PT 42
10AC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Steve & Kathy Enfinger"
wrote:
>
> Guess what? Got in Sunday night after T'gvg all working well ... now
> the dash, parking, nor clearance lights will work. Seems to be a
> section of the headlight switch gone bad. Call Earl at BB or is there
> another source?? 1991.
>
> Steve Enfinger
> Newton, GA
> '91 WBSA
>

Headlight switch - Kurt Horvath - 12-03-2008 14:28

Steve,

I had my lights go out on the road one night.
I removed the light switch and very gently bent the contacts out to get
a better connection, seems after 13 years they get a little straightend
out. They have worked great for two years now. Hope this helps.

Kurt Horvath
95 PT 42
10AC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Steve & Kathy Enfinger"
wrote:
>
> Guess what? Got in Sunday night after T'gvg all working well ... now
> the dash, parking, nor clearance lights will work. Seems to be a
> section of the headlight switch gone bad. Call Earl at BB or is there
> another source?? 1991.
>
> Steve Enfinger
> Newton, GA
> '91 WBSA
>

Headlight switch - Donald Spithaler - 12-04-2008 01:39

Steve
If yours is like mine I just went through that. Mine wasn't working & I put a new switch in. It worked a few times then it quit again I found that moving wires in the front of the dash it would come on. I finally figured it was a wire in one of my cannon plugs. It seem to be working good now.

Don Spithaler
89 SP 36'
Butler, PA

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:28 PM, Kurt Horvath <"kguns@hughes.net"> wrote:

Steve,

I had my lights go out on the road on night.

I removed the light switch and very gently bent the contacts out to get

a better connection, seems after 13 years they get a little straightend

out. They have worked great for two years now. Hope this helps.

Kurt Horvath

95 PT 42

10AC

--- In "WanderlodgeForum%40yahoogroups.com", "Steve & Kathy Enfinger"

wrote:

>

> Guess what? Got in Sunday night after T'gvg all working well ... now

> the dash, parking, nor clearance lights will work. Seems to be a

> section of the headlight switch gone bad. Call Earl at BB or is there

> another source?? 1991.

>

> Steve Enfinger

> Newton, GA

> '91 WBSA

>

Headlight switch - Pete Masterson - 12-04-2008 02:46

The headlight switches are a weak spot (mine is 'out' for now, too).
My temporary workaround was to wire in a switch that supplies power
to the appropriate relays that turn on the clearance, dash, and
parking lights.

You can order a new switch from BB or from one of the BB school bus
distributors. There may be another source as the switch is from a
third party, but I haven't identified it.

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Williams, AZ "gateway to the Grand Canyon."

On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Steve & Kathy Enfinger wrote:

> Guess what? Got in Sunday night after T'gvg all working well ... now
> the dash, parking, nor clearance lights will work. Seems to be a
> section of the headlight switch gone bad. Call Earl at BB or is there
> another source?? 1991.
>
> Steve Enfinger
> Newton, GA
> '91 WBSA
>

Headlight switch - ingamar2 - 12-05-2008 07:12

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Pete Masterson
wrote:
>
> The headlight switches are a weak spot (mine is 'out' for now,
too).
> My temporary workaround was to wire in a switch that supplies
power
> to the appropriate relays that turn on the clearance, dash, and
> parking lights.
>
> You can order a new switch from BB or from one of the BB school
bus
> distributors. There may be another source as the switch is from a
> third party, but I haven't identified it.
>
> Pete Masterson
> '95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
> aeonix1@...
> On the road at Williams, AZ "gateway to the Grand Canyon."
>
>
>
> On Dec 3, 2008, at 5:41 PM, Steve & Kathy Enfinger wrote:
>
> > Guess what? Got in Sunday night after T'gvg all working well ...
now
> > the dash, parking, nor clearance lights will work. Seems to be a
> > section of the headlight switch gone bad. Call Earl at BB or is
there
> > another source?? 1991.
> >
> > Steve Enfinger
> > Newton, GA
> > '91 WBSA
> >
>
I had this happen to me last year and I was able to get a new
switch at NAPA. It is a stock item for them.

Craig Hovda
Bigfork Mt
90 WBWL

Headlight switch - Pete Masterson - 12-05-2008 07:34

Any idea of the stock number?

Pete Masterson
'95 Blue Bird Wanderlodge WBDA 42
aeonix1@...
On the road at Williams, AZ

On Dec 5, 2008, at 12:12 PM, ingamar2 wrote:

>>
>> <snip>
> I had this happen to me last year and I was able to get a new
> switch at NAPA. It is a stock item for them.
>