trouble shooting Boyko style (long, but OnTopic)

[juliemac57@hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

I wax my legs. Why you'd do it to an elephant I'll never understand!

(Great story Cathy! Is the Bunny back yet?)
>
>Shoot, now I've done gone and started waxing elephantly.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Cathy Boyko
>Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:52 PM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: trouble shooting Boyko style (long, but OnTopic)
>
>
>Okay, the car has appeared to be overheating since I put a oil new temp
>sensor in. So I pull the new sensor out and confirm the number is right,
>screw it back in and start checking the fan (it hadn't been doing the
>after run). Jumper high / low, both functions work but there is some
>suspicious looking green copper peeking out. So, either the thermoswitch
>(less than a year old ) is shot, or that connection is, but in any case
>I can jumper it, and at least the fan works, so there's hope.
>
>So, off to town in the trusty TDI to get some wire, and I come back, and
>the Rabbit is gone. Good, I think, I can put the bug inside for once.
>
>So I get a brainwave to try to wire up the nice multi setting foglamp
>switch to operate the fan's two speeds, and proceed to try to figure out
>what wire goes where on the switch. (BTW, do you think the light switch
>will burn out from this?)
>
>Try as I might, now I can't make the fan run. Do I  run to the list? No,
>I persist with the Bentley and multimeter in hand...
>
>So the voltage to the fan is at 0.6 V or less, WTF???? I had the fans
>running nicely earlier, so next up is to try a bunch of dfferent ground
>locations, still not even 1 V. Then  try the battery, guess what , it's
>at 0.62V also.
>
>Why? Did I leave the radio on?
>
>No, while I was in town, my kid drove off with MY battery in the Rabbit,
>and gave me his identical dead one. Won't be the only dead thing when he
>gets that Bunny back here!
>
>So never overlook the less than obvious. You guys are good, but you
>might not have figured that one out! Dang kids these days.
>
>Cathy, mother of one girl, hoping we upped my late son's life
>insurance...
>
>
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Julie Macfarlane
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