Dallas: I find it hard to believe that there no auto electric shops near you that repair starters and generators and alternators. I have been able to find them in every large and small city when I went looking. I have helped a lot of busnuts with electrical problems and frequently had to find a repair facility for them.There used to be a man on the boards who told us how cheap the parts were for rebuilding and the last 24 volts starter I had repaired (about ten years ago) a small repair shop told me it couldn't cost more than $110.00 because they sold rebuilts for that price.Like most things these days, a lot of the component parts come from the far east. I have been offered genuine Delco parts at about triple the price but with the same warranty from a repair shop. Most shops don't mention the source of the parts.Auto electric seems to be a very lucrative business for a small two or three man shop and doesn't require much training or equipment to get into the business. In my area they get a lot of business from farmers and one keeps Detroit starters on the shelf for the farm tractors.
Dallas: That sounds like a great part time business oportunity just crying for somebody to start. You are a young man with the knowledge and ability to train a young person to do the work. If you are anywhere close to a truck stop, there should be lots of work just doing the heavy truck stuff.
Quote from: Stan on November 15, 2006, 05:08:04 AMDallas: That sounds like a great part time business oportunity just crying for somebody to start. You are a young man with the knowledge and ability to train a young person to do the work. If you are anywhere close to a truck stop, there should be lots of work just doing the heavy truck stuff.I don't want to get into building a growler and all the other associated equipment for testing and rebuilding. Especially if we are planning on moving down the road in a year or two. Right now, if I do my own work and something screws up, I can holler at the technician who did the work and make the idiot do it right -- without pay of course.Dallas
Quote from: Dallas on November 15, 2006, 06:11:42 AMQuote from: Stan on November 15, 2006, 05:08:04 AMDallas: That sounds like a great part time business oportunity just crying for somebody to start. You are a young man with the knowledge and ability to train a young person to do the work. If you are anywhere close to a truck stop, there should be lots of work just doing the heavy truck stuff.I don't want to get into building a growler and all the other associated equipment for testing and rebuilding. Especially if we are planning on moving down the road in a year or two. Right now, if I do my own work and something screws up, I can holler at the technician who did the work and make the idiot do it right -- without pay of course.DallasJust Throw it all in your 6th Bay, You Know, The empty one? And make it a mobile operation. just think of the curbside appeal
Are they not tied into your master switch?Shouldn't they have just a short positive lead on them that goes to the power supply in the dash? The wires from the senders are typically grounds, aren't they?Bad senders shouldn't cause a current leak, only a misreading gauge, and if they're tied into the master switch as they should be, then there shouldn't be a draw when parked.
Break your positive battery cable and install a test light between the battery post and the cable terminal. If you have a leak, you should see the light glow. The more leak, the brighter the glow.