Well, Wilchek came over so I could rebuild his transmission today and we finished early (from 1-6pm) due to him helping out a lot. So, Dan wanted to go help me work on the bus. "Theoretically" I could have driven the bus home tonight if I filled the tranz with fluid and finished the seat mount. Theoretically. What actually happened is that all of the rear lights worked perfectly.....until the smoke started pouring out from under the instrument cluster
1- The headlight switch grounded to the instrument case = 1st poof. I figured it out and rectified it by covering the wire with shrink wrap where the insulation melted away.
2- When I pulled the hazard switch to check it, sparks shot out. Then smoke. Then nothing. Rule #1, never trust previous wiring. I transferred wires from the old switch to the new one number by number. They were all wrong. Big time wrong. Well, new switch tomorrow.
3- After all of this, the 15 pin plug I used to attach the gauge cluster became a 13.5 pin connector. The original wire from the headlight switch that grounded was the power wire to the gauge lights, which was why they went out, and why the pin in the connector vaporized.
One overwhelming question is, why did none of the fuses blow??? Looks like I need to un-fuck some DAPO wire work
+1 day of work (at least)
In other news, the bus went into reverse!
so that issue is handled for now. The alt still squeals but Dan and I both firmly believe it is the belt and I will address that later. Dan wants me to put a bar of soap to it, why not?