Aarrgghh....!!!!!!!!! (vehicle issues)

[Lisa]

aarrgghh....!!!!!!!!! (vehicle issues)

gotta vent somewhere......had wiring fixed on my truck (damned MICE!).....a couple weeks ago.....still an issue somewhere since the battery dies if hte truck sits for more than a couple of days (new battery!).....

NOW - I just went downstairs to move my truck to a different parking spot because I have to carry some things out to it - and the instrument cluster is DEAD!.....no tachometer, gas, speedometer etc....everything is DEAD.....yet, all the fuses are good (tested them).....

when the heck am I going to get a break with this thing?!?!?.....hubby is out of town until tomorrow, so if the truck doesn't start tomorrow morning, no work for me!.........I do have a mechanic willing to take a look for me tomorrow while I am at work - just need to get here.......

I'm almost wishing the danged thing would catch fire and burn up.....I just need to get all my stuff out of it first!

 

[rygon]

poor you. It reminds me of my motorbike. Speedo was the 1st to go on it so I learnt how fast I was going by what gear I was in and looking at the rev counter.. until the rev counter broke then I worked it out on the pitch of my engine.

Going around a right hand bend would also kill my lights (scary in winter) but managed to fix it with some house wiring lol.

Hope you manage to get to work

 

[handle]

Hmmm...sounds like the alternator has died, or wiring from the alternator to battery is broken. Classic sign is battery losing charge quickly. Do you have call-out service?
good luck.

 

[KWalker]

I was also going to say the alternator or wiring to the alternator. I had this problem in my car. I replaced the battery and the alternator and still had this problem so it turned out the wiring from the battery to the alt. Was fried and causing the problem