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Subject: Re: 1978 BB W/L ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS


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Cathie Gasper
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Date Posted: 02/ 2/ 07, 11:18pm
In reply to: MIKE FREILEY 's message, "1978 BB W/L ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS" on 11/ 12/ 06, 1:08pm

Mike. I just read your request on the 78 Bluebird Electrical problems. We just purchased a 1978 also and it has the same problem. Has anyone helped you yet or have you been able to find out a solution to your/our problem? Hope you are enjoying your new/old motorhome. We are fixing ours up a bit.
God Bless
Cathie

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[> Subject: Re: 1978 BB W/L ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS


Author:
Steve Anderson
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Date Posted: 02/ 3/ 07, 11:51pm

Mike, Since you are in N Texas/Oklahoma, you are in luck. You are near Ralph Fullenwider of "Ralphs RV Solutions" in Duncan Oklahoma. Ralph is one of the most knowledgable BlueBird repair men there is. Ralph is a regular contributer to this and other forums. His phone number/address is probably listed on this site, and he has a website under the business.

Steve Anderson
Poulsbo, Wa.
79 FC 35

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Joshua
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Date Posted: 02/ 4/ 07, 9:19pm

Hey guys,

Not sure if this is a recuring problem with 78's, but my 78 had problems as well. First thing, I found that there were shorts somewhere within the bird. In examining the batteries, I found two wires added to the hookups after buying it. This was a big red flag to me, so I disconnected them and it seems to have alleviated the problems. I haven't traced it out to see what the previous owner 'added' yet though.

Does it drain the battery even if the battery disconnect switch is in the off position? IF so, disconnect your batteries when you aren't working on it! Something is grounding out and could ultimately cause a fire! If a breaker is popping, and you can hear it, open up the front panel and figure out what's going on. Find the circuit that's tripping and trace it down. It's more then likely that there is a wire that has come loose and is grounding out to the body somewhere. It could be a number of things, but is most likely a wire that has come loose and is touching metal or a wire that is missing some of it's cladding, whether it be burned through or cracked off due to age, and is again touching metal and grounding out.

If you can't trace it or don't have the abilities to do it, you might want to just disconnect the connections that are popping the breaker. This will disable whatever is connected, but will also keep it from shorting out and draining your batteries.

If you are going to drive it to a repair shop, I'd at least track down which breaker is popping and disconnect it. If the breaker keeps popping and resetting, it means that whatever is causing the problem is still grounding out and as stated before could start a fire if that wire starts to burn up.

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