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Monday, May 30, 2005
The 116 adventure continues
Having determined that the lightswitch was the problem, I tried blowing
some dust out, hoping that it may make better contact. Nope. OK, I could
try a contact cleaner but I decided instead to return (after a few years)
to Rob Panetta's workshop in Brookvale, Sydney. (I had sold this GTV to Rob
in 1995, only to buy it back in 2001.) Rob's workshop is almost 100km away,
but hey, sometimes you've just gotta do it. So GTV840 is there right now,
having the magic wand treatment. Fingers crossed.
Just for fun I took my bike and rode 83 of those kilometres back again.
Some busy arterial roads plus a major highway, then a freeway, followed by
the old Pacific Highway to Kariong, where I stopped and refueled (myself,
not the pushbike) at the Mt Penang Gardens cafe. My wife and kids met with
me there and I took a lift back the final 15km or so. I had done this (very
hilly) ride in well under 3 and a half hours before but my aging body let
me down this time... it was a slow 3hrs 53 minutes. But hey, it's not flat!
Cheers
Rob
Monday, May 23, 2005
Mysterious lightswitch gremlins
About 10 months ago I took my '82 GTV for its annual registration
inspection. Along the way I noticed that a bulb had blown - one of the 2
above the license plate. No problem, I ducked into a handy shop and bought
a bulb. However when I bayonted said bulb into place the whole lighting
circuit died. Well I had brake lights, interior, indicators and headlights
but nothing else - no instrument lights or rear 'tail' lights. Funny how
the small things become larger.
Anyway, I found that wiggling the bulb around fixed it. I thought. Instead
it now exhibited a delay of 4 minutes - count 'em - from turning the switch
to getting lights. Bizarre. I checked grounds, I changed bulbs around, I
did lots of stuff. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it had this 'delay'.
Months pass, and now the delay is gone - instead the switch only works if I
press the magic wand backwards slightly and hold. Sometimes the lights stay
on, sometimes they don't. I reckon it's the switch, but what about you?
Any ideas? Clean the switch contacts, maybe? Buy a new switch?
Cheers
Rob
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