Super VXer
Look for a wire in one of the harnesses that has worn through (or come loose) and is touching metal. Moving the box may be enough to break contact and "fix" the short. There are numerous people that have had harness problems over the years, one of the drawbacks to a handmade harness.
Super VXer
OK... I spoke too soon... didn't drive it... I took her for a spin and it was ok for a couple blocks i was testing the headlights while driving it, no problems... I went up a dirt road and started getting bumpy and it cut out again... without turning the headlights on/off and then when I DID turn them on/off it started doing it again...
So I unbolted the fusebox from the fender well and it stopped again... waited a few minutes and tried it again and it starts doing it AGAIN!! Turned it over and removed bottom plastic cover... really inspected and pulled on wires... see if any were loose/worn... nothing that I could see was amiss... moved the box around and tried the lights again, it stopped. My friend has since gone so I am having to go back and forth trying the lights and moving the box around... it does it a few times and then I jiggle/pull/move the fusbox around and it stops.... I let it sit a few minutes and don't touch a thing except the headlight switch and it starts doing it again... jiggle/move the fusebox and it stops... rinse and repeat and it keeps doing it/stops doing it after I let it sit/move the fusebox... Someone please stop the madness!!!
We sit together, my VX and I, until only the VX remains.--Iamironman
Administrator
You may have to carefully take the wireloom plastic off of the harness to see if there are multiple wires chaffed OR make sure to look downline from the box, it may be coincidental that moving the box makes it do it... Patience in this will pay off. Electrical can be very tricky.
Scott / moncha.com
Super VXer
I would have to agree with Jay; there has to be a wire somewhere that is shorting out and when you move the fuse box around. I've had my fuse box off a couple of times and I can't really remember where the big wiring harness comes out of it, but it has to be grounding out on the fender well somewhere.
The only other thing that I could think of is that maybe one of the fuses (be it one of the individual ones or one of the big main ones) has something loose in it. It might not look blown, but maybe some of the contact are a little wonky making it lose continuity.
Those are my guesses.
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
-Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
Super VXer
There is an issue on some of the vxs were the wiring harness rubs on something (on the drivers side I think )and wears through the wires.I do not remember who it happened to. shawn
1COOLVX
Super VXer
OK.. hope this is it... I replaced all of the fuses in the engine fusebox, except the big breaker mains because I would have to order those and I didn't change the relays either, and replaced ALL the fuses in the driver door fusebox. It didn't do it a couple times then it started doing it again... *sigh*.
So then I removed the washer fluid resevior, the main wire harness comes out of the fusebox and then up under and behind the resevior and goes into an even bigger main harness. I pulled that harness up over the resevior and to one side so not to block access to the resevior fill cap, and bolted/put everyting back together, because (to me), the only true test would be while driving on a bumpy road... and it didn't happen once... I was driving and hitting all the potholes on this dirt road subdivision I could drive over, turning **** on and off left and right up and down all over... I had every electrical thing on all at once and then kept flicking headlights on/off and it never happened again. Whew... If it starts again... I WILL make a new harness... nahhh just kidding... I'll go look for a new one in the junkyards...
Thanks guys, for all the input.
______________________
Super VXer
That happened to Anita, where the harness bundle comes through the bulkhead behind the headlight on the drivers side of the radiator.Originally Posted by psychos2
Also, check all ground connections...
Super VXer
my guess would be DOUBLE check ALL grounds and if you have to, sand off paint and make sure they are making a great connection...
i agree with the dub
"Do Not Seek Praise. Seek Criticism."
"If You Can't Solve A Problem, It's Because You're Playing By The Rules."
"The Perosn Who Doesn't Make Mistakes Is Unlikely To Make Anything."
-Paul Arden
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
