DOH! Sometimes you just can't win....

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Chris Pucci

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So I spent about an hour trying to figure out why my headlights on my Scout weren't working....

Pulled the switch out...

Pulled the 'fuse' out, changed it a few times...

Chased wired all around...

Messed with thwe dimmer switch...

Messed with the relay...


While all along the problem was I had no fuse in the headlight slot.... Doh!!! The ez wiring harness uses a large self reseting 30 amp fuse for the headlights and at some point I remember picking one up off the floor of the Scout and say "where did this come from? My Scout doesn't use anything like this..." and tossing it in my tool box.... This was months ago - seriously.

So fast forward to yesterday and I finally remember the fuse after an hour of trouble shooting -- find the fuse, pull out the ez manual and push it into the correct slot, reinstall switch and my headlights come on. Double doh!!

I am sure the fuse rattles, shock, got slammed out at the crushers or naches and I never noticed it...
 
I could write a large volume detailing similar exploits from the fat white boys out in the shop. The best one happened when I wasn't there to see it, but the story has been told so many times that I feel like I was there.
Anyway, cambo and john had gone to the pick and pull and retrieved a windshield washer bottle that they were going to install on big girl, their mutually owned '73 sii. They hooked it all up and john had his thumb poised over the button. John gave it a push and absolutley nothing happened. So cambo starting fiddling with the connections at the washer motor, while john continued to push the button. With a deep sense of frustration, cambo began to say, "it doesn't wo..." suddenly, some of the skunkiest piss-water known to man erupted from the squirt nozzles and absolutely douched cambo's entire face. Apparently the fellas had neglected to clean the bottle out and had decided to "just go with what was in there."
both guys then succumbed to an extended period of doubled-over, gut-busting laughter. The kind that is silent at times and is often accompanied by tears. Man I wish I could have been there with a video camera rolling.
 
Backup plan chris...big ol' wada tinfoil from onena my sombreros wrapped arount that circuit breaker, then duktape it in tha hole. That'sa fail-safe circuit breaker that'll always reset it'sownself!
 
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