[AT] Off Topic Need component location on truck

[Bruce Mahr]

I know what you mean about getting older Cecil! I see a lot of colder temp problems just like heat related on electronics.

Bruce

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Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:

>Thanks Bruce, I will look for it as soon as it gets light.  I spent most 
>of yesterday trying to get a 96 Dodge w/ Cummins to start in 35 deg.   
>After installing new Batteries and reworking the cables that ware 
>corroded, It would turn over faster but not start.   I finally reached 
>under the shutoff solenoid and pulled it closed and it started 
>immediately. The solenoid will hold but not pull.    This truck has been 
>parked where it seems to attract mice & rats.  It also has been run with 
>older weak batteries for the last year.  When the outside temp got below 
>40 deg it would not start.    I don't see how this would affect the 
>solenoid for the pump....    I probably will use a kill cable with a 
>spring and forget the solenoid.  Or run a wire from battery to the 
>solenoid with a push button switch to make the solenoid actuate.   As I 
>get older, I have les and less patience with electrical controls that 
>work intermittently.  I like manual..........  I don't have the ability 
>to crawl over and under and around engines in the compartment like I did 
>5 years ago...
>
>Cecil  in OKla
>
>
>On 12/27/2014 12:43 PM, Bruce Mahr wrote:
>> Cecil: From the info I have available, it says the relay is in the relay center 2, in the center of the lower instrument panel, in front of the blower motor, behind the panel.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
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>> Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, this is the same switch as used on the pickups.  I just need to
>>> find the relay to check if voltage is getting to it.  I think some fuses
>>> are blown somewhere, or a wire has been cut.  It was a former County
>>> mechanic truck and I think they used convict labor to remove the old
>>> bed.   When that happens, a lot of illogical things happen..
>>>
>>> Cecil
>>>
>>> On 12/26/2014 8:01 PM, Bruce Mahr wrote:
>>>> Did you check the brake light switch on the footvalve?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bruce
>>>>
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>>>> Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I searched the firewall and did not find a relay.  It may be hid under a
>>>>> fuse box, but the fuse box diagram does not list it...
>>>>>
>>>>> Cecil in oKla
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/26/2014 7:28 PM, Bruce Mahr wrote:
>>>>>> It may be the switch on the foot valve for the brakes. Most of the relays are on the firewall.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cecil R Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am trying to get this truck rigged out to pull my gooseneck and my hay
>>>>>>> trailer.   I need to get my New Holland TS110 over to a mechanic to
>>>>>>> split the tractor.  The truck  is a 1998 Chevrolet C8500 sometimes
>>>>>>> called a Kodiak with a 3126 Caterpillar engine.  It has air brakes.   I
>>>>>>> am trying to find the stop light relay.  I don't have any voltage at the
>>>>>>> light wires at he rear of the truck.  It was a county mechanics truck
>>>>>>> and they took the body off of it, and just left the wires hanging.  I
>>>>>>> have turn signal voltage, and tail light voltage, just no stop lights.
>>>>>>> This is set up like a Semi where the brake lights are separate from the
>>>>>>> turn signals.  3 lights on each side of the truck.....  With all the
>>>>>>> experience on this list I was hoping that someone had some experience
>>>>>>> with this truck.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>>>>>
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