Re: Where'd the Power Go?

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2014/12/22 23:44:55

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It's taken a long time for me to get back to Ross and my '55 but I finally did.

Ross hit the nail on the head with the Body Feed fuse. I replaced it and the interior and exterior Courtesy Lights all came back. The Headlights no show was apparently caused by my hitting the Dimmer Switch. It seems that when I hit it (doing so was unplanned) I only pressed it half way so neither High or Low Beams got any juice. Fully pressed and released the switch a couple of times and everything is back to normal on that front. Flushed with success, I turned the ignition key and she started right up. With the cold weather, I then checked the anti-freeze which was OK but leaning across the fender (the car was too close to the back wall to stand in front of the car) caused the front end to dip and the back to rise. Once everything under the hood was checked I got back in the car and turned on the suspension which soon leveled the car back out.

I went into the garage where the '51 Patrician is parked and sprayed more Easy-off on the grease areas of the engine to let that sit and then called it a night. Heading back to the house I went passed the '55 and heard strange sounds. There was a repeating "CLICKING" sound that seemed to come from under the car. It was like something was trying to turn on and off. It took a while, but I realized the "clicks" sounded just like the clicks the T-L System makes before the motor kicks in to level the car. Only this time, the motor wasn't turning on. It was then I realized I'd heard this before. Just before the Body Fuse blew. I opened the door to the '55 to turn the suspension back off but too late, the Courtesy Lights weren't coming on again. Sure enough, the Body Feed Fuse was blown.

A quick look at the FSM showed me that while the Leveler Motor has it's own dedicated fuse, the "brains" of the system are powered off the Body Feed Circuit.

What I've got here has got me stumped. The T-L System functions for a while but also seems eventually take out the Body Feed Fuse. I couldn't find anything on site but since I'm not sure what I'm looking for, I may not be using the right "Magic Words".

Any and all help will be much appreciated for as soon as I finish cutting up the part of the tree that closed off the garage, I want to take the '55 out just to keep everything up to snuff.