Re: [MV] RE [MV] Deuce Wiring Puzzlement

From: kuhrick (kuhrick@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jan 09 2003 - 01:07:50 PST


after looking at the knife switches on floor
trace down battery cables the two knife switches looks like thay mite be
the two battery switches
see if there is voltage across the switches you mite have to turn main
poper on and head lights oir soming

At 01:47 PM 1/8/03 -0800, Paul A. Thomas wrote:
>Regarding the gauges, there is a complete panel on the left side of the
>truck with all of the gauges and knobs, etc for the pumping apparatus. The
>panel can be seen at
>
>http://www.paulathomas.com/images/9-7-01REO%234.jpg
>
>The two things duplicated in the cab are the speedometer, and for some
>reason there are two ' ignition ' pull knobs. I may well have to pull the
>entire electrical system apart and replace it, but am hoping to get some
>way to get the truck ' movable ' in the interim in order to allow me to
>complete the truck pit and put the tent I bought at Sams Club up over it,
>allowing it to spend the winter ' indoors ' .
>
>Thanks
>
>Paul
>
>
>*****************************************
>
>Some ideas.
>You are probably right about the possibility that the truck was re-wired
>to run on 12 volts.
>If one battery is for the truck, and one is for the pump, might one
>ignition switch be for the truck and one for the pump?
>You may have to have the master switch on to energize the circuits that
>feed the ignition switches, or all of the accessories, or both.
>You appear to have two sets of gages. One for the truck and one for the pump?
>I am going to guess that, if the truck is still wired for 24 volts, you
>could hook up a single 12 volt battery to what you believe is the truck
>side of the system and try starting it. If the engine won't turn over, or
>turns over very slowly, it is still probably wired for 24 volts. If it
>turns over nicely, and maybe even starts, then 12 volts seems to be the
>answer. I don't believe that you will harm the components by trying to
>apply 12 volts to a 24 volt system. The opposite is definitely not true!
>
>
>
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