94pt shuts off in traffic

[lcondosta]

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory OConnor"
wrote:
>
> traced wires to the ig:: Gregg had the same problem with my 85PT
40.After replacing breakers,ignition switch etc. I finally ran .a
new wire back to fuel shut off valve problem solved.Lee Condosta
85pt 40 Holden BeachN.C
> The "engine compartment light" shares a breaker with both ig
> switches this may be the issue (three wires off this breaker). If
> the engine compartment light or the bay door switch to the light
> keeps tripping a fuse, you are screwed the light wires are
protected
> by the breaker tripping and the bus stops. there are several
> breakers in the back (little silver boxes with two 5/16? inch
studs)
> under and around the big reed copper shunts along the wall above
the
> 3 start batteries. power to the ig switch is via this 40 foot long
> wire 'orange and black'.
>
> I think I will lablel all three breakers ;then replace ;then pick a
> new big wire source up near the cockpit to send 12 v to the ig
> switch ( add a 20 amp breaker there also). the small wire is
> sufficient to run the power to the ig switch because the ig switch
> (key) only need little amperage to flip a larger 75amp relay. but
> there are just too many things that can happen in 40 feet and the
> compartment light is just one more error prone item that can cause
> collateral damage.
>
> other computer issues have arisen in the past with the breakers in
> this area. While roadside, RobR directed me to jump one for a limp
> repair but removal of that breaker did not cut power. (Rob was
> close) it may be heat deterioration in the breakers or the fact
> that I dont close the engine compartment door all the way to a
solid
> lock because the clasps are not aligned???? so now is the time to
> replace all the crap back there. I prob will put the breaker in the
> same spots but for sure will move the source of 12 v to the front
ig
> to a big wire in the cockpit area.
>
> GregoryO'Connor
> 94pt
> RomolandCa--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory
OConnor"
> wrote:
> >
> > Just got back from a week trip that started out with frantic
phone
> > calls to CurtS and RobR. Rob told me to check for voltage with
> > unique body parts but CurtS was helpful.
> >
> > My bus would quit, standing me roadside in L.A. (SteveG,the LA
> above
> > sealevel) anything that was run with the ig key would go off and
> > with in 1 min it would come back. I did not have the electrical
> > prints so I was at a loss as to which breaker was tripping
because
> > it would repair. I found out that the 75 amp relay number 36 was
> > that powered by the key so I switched the 75 amp #36 with 75 amp
> #37
> > (under front fiberglass pannel ;below windshield ;big black
> > relay ;center top ;only two there ;large wires).
> >
> > One fear I had was with the tranny. it would repower in N if I am
> > rolling on the freeway at 45 mph when it repowered, and push D,
> what
> > gear does the allison choose??? therefor I would roll to a stop.
> and
> > set off again only to fail four more times in 30 miles. stopping
> to
> > chech for the obvious ground and wire fixes.
> >
> > Soon I realized that the 75 amp ig relay was losing its signal
> from
> > the ig switch so I jumped the signal to the relay with a 12 volt
> hot
> > wire and a toggle. power up the relay with the toggle at the
> > cockpit and use the key switch to contact the starter. to shut
> > down, it was necesary to turn off the toggle and the key.
> >
> > Now at home I have the prints in hand and can not find the
> > location or notation of the fuse to the ignition switch. I dont
> > think it is split at the rear but there may be some three way
> > situation with the remote start??????
> >
> > I dont think it is the ig switch because it would repair like a
> fuse
> > circuit braker or heated relay. Are these ig switches internally
> > fused???? The 94ish ig switch is not like the older pt's that
were
> > big amp switches. 94ish trip the 75 amp relay which power other
> > relays and fused components.
> >
> > GregoryO'Connor
> > 94ptRomolandCa
> >
>