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tom taylor
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I cranked my Barth to let it warm up and charge the battery some. Turned key to shut off and it kept running. Pulled white wire with black spirlaling stripe and after a few seconds it shut the engine but left a couple of dash lights on like low oil pressure and the tranny. Now I forget which terminal the wire goes back on. Is my original problem a bad ignition switch and if yes, what is the identification of the switch as to buying a new one. Thanks.

Tom Taylor
94 Breakaway
Gillig with Cummins
 
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Maybe a sticking relay?
 
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Yesterday was one of those days you do not want to have very oftn. I go to take a shot at mowing the yard back the mower out of its storage location and kabam. Basically it had already been run out of oil and I did not check the oil level even though I know I am supposed to. Son said it had not been checked since last year. Jeez.
i bought a trash pump to lower the pond thinking it might help drain off some water standing around where I keep the Barth. Well, I lowered the pond but water did not drain. Separately son had rented a big deal with a back hoe and front end loader to try to reclaim one side of the pond that had eroded to his fence line. He almost put it in the pond. So, we decided to dig a trench to help with drainage and fill it with some 3 inch rock and cover it up. I had told him not to do anything in my only path out of here with the Barth. After he dug down, I found the problem to be soil type (loam and clay etc) so not a whole lot of percolation. Anyway, I now have this huge mess behind the Barth. Gonna have to hire someone to bring in some hard pan and build me a "road". And then the Barth will not shut off. And to top it off I gave my stepdaughter money for a MacBook Pro to help her out and gave her my laptop which I had backed up on my Seagate. Now I hook the Seagate up to the Mac and there is a whole new set of terminology like Lion etc I got to learn after using Windows since 1995. Maybe all of this will delay dementia.

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Oh, and to cap it off, he broke my water line I installed last year and pulled one end around 5 feet from the other so got to go some angles. I am staying in Barth while doing electrical work in building I am turning into an apartment that used to be an office behind his home . Thank goodness I had quarter tank of water in my holding tank. Ok, done whining.

Tom Taylor
 
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Jim and Tere
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1985 Regal
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This too will pass. Smiler
Take a little break from it all. Send the son out to the local package store for a 12 pack of Yuengling Traditional Lager turn on TV, kick back, sip (chug)and watch the races.cheers





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Originally posted by tom taylor:
Hey Tom,

Gomtonthe nearest Mac store and for 99 dollars, they will give you a year of one on one Mac training on anything you want to know. Killer deal!


Yesterday was one of those days you do not want to have very oftn. I go to take a shot at mowing the yard back the mower out of its storage location and kabam. Basically it had already been run out of oil and I did not check the oil level even though I know I am supposed to. Son said it had not been checked since last year. Jeez.
i bought a trash pump to lower the pond thinking it might help drain off some water standing around where I keep the Barth. Well, I lowered the pond but water did not drain. Separately son had rented a big deal with a back hoe and front end loader to try to reclaim one side of the pond that had eroded to his fence line. He almost put it in the pond. So, we decided to dig a trench to help with drainage and fill it with some 3 inch rock and cover it up. I had told him not to do anything in my only path out of here with the Barth. After he dug down, I found the problem to be soil type (loam and clay etc) so not a whole lot of percolation. Anyway, I now have this huge mess behind the Barth. Gonna have to hire someone to bring in some hard pan and build me a "road". And then the Barth will not shut off. And to top it off I gave my stepdaughter money for a MacBook Pro to help her out and gave her my laptop which I had backed up on my Seagate. Now I hook the Seagate up to the Mac and there is a whole new set of terminology like Lion etc I got to learn after using Windows since 1995. Maybe all of this will delay dementia.

Tom Taylor


R.P.Muise 1994 Breakaway/Cummins 5.9/Allison transmission/Spartan Chassis
 
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