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Opeler
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Electrical gremlin!
I was wondering if anyone with a 75 Ascona had similar experience with a left rear stop light which repeatedly goes out. I fix it and it is out again the next day.
Additionally, on a different but electrical note. the circuit for the electrical fuel pump runs pretty hot. That sound familiar to anyone?
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Opeler
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Clean
Clean and dry. Spotless actually and the contacts look excellent. Wiring looks good as well. There may be a spot where a wire has rubbed and shorted somewhere. It is bizarre that it is fixed at 2 am and by 9am its not working? Strange one.
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1/2 Century!
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I've not started working on my Ascona yet so I'm not all that familar with it yet. Could something in the trunk have pinched a wire and caused a short?Harold |
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Detroit,where my home was
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A short wil not brake a light bulb.
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Opeler
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Seem to have fixed the problem
Seems I fixed the tail lights. The design isn't a particularly good one. Several pieces are compressed together and it doesn't make for a good ground to the metal casing for the lights. Even if they are clean and lubed. After what seems like a zillion tests, I attached a common ground wire to all the different lamp housings, to the side of the bulb the bulb and ran that to the body and that seems to have fixed the tail light issue and they are much brighter.
Now on to the fuel pump circuit.
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NYAsconaGuy Last edited by tekenaar; 06-15-2008 at 09:18 AM. Reason: onto |
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Cunning Linguist
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That's why modern FI pumps are mostly mounted inside the fuel tank currently and, when a pump "fails", the entire assembly, including the strainer and fuel level sender, is replaced! As I recall, you went through the whole tank thing a while back, but there's one thing you may have overlooked! If you still have the original Bosch, or direct Bosch replacement, pump . . . it has a small sock-type strainer inside the pump intake pipe! Germans are anal about details . . .
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Opeler
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Tekenaar. Your note about the fuel pump makes a world of sense.
I owe you. You had just recently given me numerous tips regarding fuel tank issues, for an Ascona I had just purchased and was trying to get to run (It is currently in the garage. I etched the tank and used a tank sealer.) These electrical issues I was dealing with recently were with my other Ascona which has been a regular driver. I really appreciate your feedback and that from all the opelers out there. If you can't do the work yourself today, it's increasingly a question as to where you take the cars, as mechanics frequently don't want to go near them. Thanks all.
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