Marcarl

This is what I came up with, you might already have as well. https://www.justanswer.com/ford/afth7-battery-light-alternator-not-charging.html https://ca.cargurus.com/Cars/Discussion-t11828_ds553765 And it seems like there are some issues with electrics seizing and staying on line and so putting a drain on the battery, but then somehow shutting off and releasing the drain so the voltage goes back to normal. Do all the electrics work as they should, even windows and door lights? seats, heated seats? Check main fuse in fuse panel and battery fuse, remove to check and inspect.

Maybe you got it upside down or facing the wrong way.

My thoughts go to a ground strap, from the engine to the frame or the other way around, maybe even one to the body. Being it's a Ford, it could be rusted out.

So if I got the calculations right,,, if you paid $24 then all your costs would be at half price??? I need a job at the government!!!!

We've had one since 2014, bought it brand new, waited for the three cylinder because we found too much vibration in the 2 cyl. Not that it was bad, but more than the 85 Venture so we decided to wait. Reason for change had mostly to do with Marca getting off and on, sure made it easier for her. I wouldn't trade it now for nothing, took a few miles to really get into it, 5-6000 or so, but now I wonder what took me so long. A total pleasure!!!! once I got the alignment done right. Got 50,000km on it now.

Anything that you would do to those caps would be a hit and miss, you would have to be dead on and then some more right on. I had the same thoughts at one time and then decided to leave as is and try it by leaving it alone. Everything worked just fine, so my concern at the time of old age and hard rubber was of naught. I would suggest you try the same. If you add anything to the surface and then have to remove it again, that would definitely ruin things.

You didn't say anything about plugs, so I would suggest changing out the plugs first and making sure the resistors are clean and working good.

Not much good for a fiver, or fridge or 4x8 ply, or 2x4s. So why get a truck??? oh yes, just because, but now where did the truck go. Not easy to take the thing off to get the truck back, and would be even more work to put it back on right,,,nah, not for me, my truck is a truck, if I wanted a car or SUV I'd'a bought one.

Not a very nice thing to have happen, glad you are still mobile.

For starters, are you sure it's the fuel causing the problem? To be sure take off the breathers and then with it running spray some carb cleaner or WD40 or the like into the intakes and see if that makes the cylinder fire. If it does, then it's fuel, if it doesn't you have an ignition issue. If it's fuel, for the cost and tome taken, drain the fuel bowls and then refill them through the drain tube with a spray type carb cleaner and let them sit for a day. Then remove the plugs and turn the engine over to make sure there is no extra cleaner in the cylinders. Then try to fire it up outside the garage and see what happens, it could be that your problems are solved. If it worked to some extent at least, put a can of seafoam or carb cleaner in a half tank of fuel and then run it to get it warm right up. Do that for a few days. This will get the cleaning agent into the small ports on the carbs. Be sure to use the choke a fair bit in the process.

So that's where it went!!! Seems the shipping got mixed up again.

Wife texts her handy husband on a cold winter morning: "WINDOWS FROZEN ~ WON'T OPEN" Husband texts back: "GENTLY POUR SOME LUKEWARM WATER OVER THE EDGES AND THEN TAP EDGES SHARPLY WITH HAMMER" Wife texts back 5 minutes later: "LAPTOP REALLY BUGGERED NOW

It sure deserves a listen, turn up the sound to get full value.

Just some thoughts: It's free enterprise and stock market. When a company is on the SM it needs to keep profits in the black so that investors are attracted. If payouts decline then investors go elsewhere, and investors don't care about employees and families, only about the return on their money. I'm one of them investors and probably so is most everyone else. I took a big hit last year on my RRSPs and yep! I'm looking for a more solid place to put my retirement funds. Does this include GM? don't know, maybe yes maybe no. But it does impact some company with employees somewhere, so in order to keep my money, some company has to do better financially, and when they do they will attract more stock funds. So companies need to look to the future as to where the best profit will be or they will loose their financial backing. Guess it's kind of a catch 22 situation. Really,,,, I would say that GM employees priced themselves out of a job. Years ago, I had a good paying job as a meat cutter in a grocery chain, every store had a bunch of us. Things were good, for the company and the employees. Then the union came aboard and in a few years our wages went up 25%. I said then (because there was already thoughts on this) that if we continued to press for higher wages, the company would take our work elsewhere,,, we did, and they did!! Now there is only 1 meat cutter where there used to be up to 6 or 7 and all cutting is done at a central location, packaged and shipped to the stores. No more in-store meat cutters, lots of meat being thrown out and quality is the pits, but the profits are up and more controllable. Investors are happy, that's you and me, and a capitalistic society.

Looks good I guess. New idea for me: business cards, I think it might even work!! Ideas: Could use a picture of yourself Only 20 stars? Some info on the back perhaps. Phone number or website\email? Don't want to get things cluttered, it looks clean and easy, but if somebody wants more info they need to be able to access it right away nowadays, 5 minutes later they have forgotten about the issue and it won't be until later, maybe much later or too much later that they remember to dig into it. Good luck!

Moving this thread to the 1sy gen forum.

I think I have it figured. These two old geezers are have a party. Gary went south and Saddlebum opened the door all the way and then it froze. They need to get together on this somehow. If Gary were to quit hoggin all the warm air and Saddlebum were to wake up to fix the door, we might get some usable weather in this part of the country. But then, hey, it's been this way ever since I can remember when I was a boy, so no complaints from me.

Going through this with my mother some years ago, I at first was led to believe that to be the case, but from her description of the process led me to wonder. I think they find something that is close and say it's custom made,,, but,,, I could be wrong.

I see a lot of kids,,, up to age 35 or so, being very busy on the net and on their phones. Obviously you can't ride and to all that effectively, so riding doesn't even enter the picture,,,,, neither does talking to you neighbor, saying hi on the street, helping out somebody with snow or yard work..........

Good point Jack, may I add that when and if a feller would move over to a trike, it takes a while to learn and then enjoy the new ride. The older one gets, the longer that takes, if it comes at all. But do it young enough, while there is still time on your side, then you'll enjoy the new ride much better, and can still enjoy riding into the sunset.

Yep!!! different sounds for sure. Really,,, when it's all considered, the only person that really likes the sound of any (other than quiet) pipes is the person with their hand on the throttle. Ya, I like a nice rumble, but for me, when a bike goes by, I want to notice it because I seen it, not because I heard it, or it scared the poppers out of me.

Lots of hot water sitting there just giving off heat, that needs to be re-heated. Keep in mind that electric is much slower in response time than gas, I wouldn't go to electric just for that item. Now gas, once it senses water flow, fires immediately to high performance and the water is HOT, it then cuts back to where it is needed and will constantly adjust the burner to keep the temp at set point. If you usage point is far away from the heater, it will take about the same time for hot water to arrive,,, well a bit longer, but then it doesn't run out either. On the other hand, if you shut off the water flow and then restart, you will get a shot of cooler temp. A good heater will stay active for a couple of minutes after the water is turned off, just to compensate for this type of an event. There are setups available to overcome this and have instant hot water at all times at all locations, but then you will have hot water 'sitting' in a line somewhere giving off heat.

Yep, down at the bottom, somewhere near close.

We don't use a restricted head on our shower. Yes, it does take a certain amount of flow to activate the heater, not sure how much, but a trickle won't make it turn on. There are different specs for different heaters and then there are also a variation of setups that can tailor to your likes and dislikes. We are presently looking for one for my daughters house and look to be settling on a Navien.

I think you found it!! :happy65: