[AT] OT electric trailer brakes; they're fixed!

[charliehill]

Good deal Lew.  Glad you found it.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lew Best" <lew at lewslittlefarm.com>
To: "At at Lists. Antique-Tractor. Com" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>; "SEL" 
<sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 7:54 PM
Subject: [AT] OT electric trailer brakes; they're fixed!


> Hey guys
>
>
>
> Finally found the problem by accident.  Had tried everything I could think
> of & finally started pulling wheels again (thought I'd had them all off
> multiple times) but had obviously skipped one.  What was so mysterious 
> near
> the end was that I could hook direct to a battery & they'd work but when I
> hooked them to the truck no voltage.  I hooked my other trailer with
> electric brakes up though & they worked fine.
>
>
>
> I'd replaced one coil & it was on the wheel I apparently kept ignoring;
> seemed to work ok with a battery & having a new coil I never dreamed
> anything was wrong.  The wires are held away from the spinning wheel by 
> some
> clips that clip to one of the brake shoes.  Apparently I scuffed the wire 
> a
> bit putting the clips on as it was fried between 2 clips.  I had enough 
> good
> wire left coming from the coil to solder new wires to & all is now well.
>
>
>
> So it's now licensed, inspected & title transferred finally!
>
>
>
> Lew near Waco, TX
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