Evolv-ing Thread

[tiburonfirst]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[BillW50]

 

[Steamer861]

There is a work around where you can add a 37K ohm resistor into the wiring harness at a plug behind the glove box. If the weather is cold enough the evaporator could freeze over but will thaw when shut off. Not that cold here and I'm not about to put $600+ into the AC of this 11 year old car. Resistors odered from Ebay, 10 for $3.69 shipped. Wish me luck.
Price was $1.69 not $3.69

When I hear of these "Internet Hacks" for a Cars wiring harness, I envision a Fire Truck showing up! Just Saying!

 

[CMD-Ky]

Yesterday my son informed me that my car that he drives has the AC not working. I took a look at it last night and the clutch on the compresser is not engaging. Checked the fuse and it's good. An internet search indicates that the most probable cause is the evaporator sensor (thermistor). Center console and the whole dash needs to be removed to get to this $20 part, a $600 labor job.
There is a work around where you can add a 37K ohm resistor into the wiring harness at a plug behind the glove box. If the weather is cold enough the evaporator could freeze over but will thaw when shut off. Not that cold here and I'm not about to put $600+ into the AC of this 11 year old car. Resistors odered from Ebay, 10 for $3.69 shipped. Wish me luck.
Price was $1.69 not $3.69View attachment 816213

Best of luck to you, I would be nervous. I don't trust my electrical skills.

 

[dwcraig1]

Now which two wires was it?

 

[BillW50]

Well having flu like symptoms and itchy, painful, and achy sensitive skin for like the past 6 months and the medical community was no help. I knew the less I vaped, the better I would get. I even quit vaping for a week or two at times and it got better, but not totally gone and was still kind of bad.

So lately I hadn't vaped for about a week this time and I really thought I really have to give up vaping. So I was so close to taking everything apart and cleaning it all and just boxing everything up. But I started thinking how could it be from vaping when I have vaped for almost 5 years now? And this started since last November. And when I went to the emergency to see what they could do for me, they stuck me immediately in the hospital. Sure I got better there, but I couldn't vape either.

But before I started to box up all of my vape gear, I kept repeating... BUT IT STARTED LAST NOVEMBER! I also started to drink diet ice tea last November. And the more I vaped, the more tea I would drink. Yeah that would make sense. Could that be it?

You bet your sweet .... it could be. So I quit drinking the diet stuff and started vaping like crazy once again. And finally I am recovering and becoming my old self once again. How the FDA could ever approve that stuff originally designed to be a rat poison aspartame, I'll never know. And how the medical community is so clueless about common food poisonings, I'm speechless.

 

[BillW50]

 

[mikepetro]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[cigatron]

Yesterday my son informed me that my car that he drives has the AC not working. I took a look at it last night and the clutch on the compresser is not engaging. Checked the fuse and it's good. An internet search indicates that the most probable cause is the evaporator sensor (thermistor). Center console and the whole dash needs to be removed to get to this $20 part, a $600 labor job.
There is a work around where you can add a 37K ohm resistor into the wiring harness at a plug behind the glove box. If the weather is cold enough the evaporator could freeze over but will thaw when shut off. Not that cold here and I'm not about to put $600+ into the AC of this 11 year old car. Resistors odered from Ebay, 10 for $3.69 shipped. Wish me luck.
Price was $1.69 not $3.69View attachment 816213

I had a similar situation with a dash pot that controls the defrost/vent function in a 95 S10. Had to have it working but gawd, I swear GM put the part out on the factory floor and built the whole truck around it! Lol. Took 6 hrs to replace it and the brand new GM part failed within 3 weeks! I sold the truck.

Now which two wires was it?

I've seen worse....lol

 

[cigatron]

One of my favs Tibs. Ireland is absolutely swamped with her type. Great place to meet my new wife if mine current one ever wears out; not likely. She looked just like that 30 yrs ago......I'm still in love.

 

[CMD-Ky]

I've seen worse....lol

You have seen my work, I'm thinking.

 

[TrollDragon]

Back when I serviced computers at various car dealerships, it was always good to see a mini van with the seats, console and carpeting removed. You just knew that tech was having a wiring harness fun day.

The Ford dealership always had a pickup or two with the actual body of the truck up on the hoist and the chassis still sitting on the floor. Apparently it was quicker to remove the body than to pull the engine and repair the defect.

 

[cigatron]

The Ford dealership always had a pickup or two with the actual body of the truck up on the hoist and the chassis still sitting on the floor. Apparently it was quicker to remove the body than to pull the engine and repair the defect.

Yep, the turbo unit on some Ford diesels are next to impossible to service/replace without lifting the cab or pulling the engine up and forward. It's faster and less risky to lift the cab.

 

[tiburonfirst]

 

[dwcraig1]

 

[mikepetro]

 

[mikepetro]

Can this be real? 3200mah 30A continuous?

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1...si-s32-imr-20700-3-7v-3200mah-rechargeable-li