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Allan in NE

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So, I'm trying to get all this field work done for another year.

At 5pm last night I loose all power to the cab. No wipers, no dome light and oh, did I mention no A/C? UffDa!! When that gizmo goes, I can stand it in that oven just about a minute and a half!

Guess I shoulda replaced that power relay last spring when I had a hunch that maybe it was "gettin' old". :>)

Oh well, good excuse to come in out of the heat early tho. 'Spose now is the time to go dig that new relay out from under the seat of the pickup. :>)

Allan
 
I kinda favor installing the "new spare" and keeping the old part as a spare. That way you know the new part works and the old part did work. And in the end you end up with the old part rusting/rotting away on a shelf or under the truck seat instead of the new part.
This rule also applies to the phone call you get that asks 'hey you don't by chance have xx part handy? I'm broke down'. Naturally you hand the part over on the promise that it will be replaced, but never is.
This is especially good practice on wear parts.
 
If you change a part too soo, the old part may still have a lot of life left, so you've wasted all that life that the old part still had to live.

If you wait too long before changing a part, then the old part will die (as in your case), and there will be a downtime delay.

Therefore, a new part should be installed 1 day before the old part dies.
 
I agree with putting in the new part and saving the old. That way when when the spare gets misplaced you're not out as much.
 
Pretty easy to STOP, swap BOTH power cables to one post on the the relay and keep working. When done, just remember to turn off all accessories individually 'til the relay gets replaced.

A few days ago, I dealt with a guy with a MF windrower with a bad power relay... on that unit it shut the whole machine down and the operator, a retired trained mechanic, walked about 4 miles never having thought to simply bypass the relay and keep going... he looked kind of sheepish when I asked him why he didn't do that rather than walk!
 
That reminds me of a time working for a trucking company when a driver called in all ticked off, because he swerved to avoid something in the road, but caught it with the trailer and blew two tires. Out in the middle of nowhere, had to walk and hitch hike 30 miles to the next town. I said, why didnt you just drop the trailer and drive there? Long pause...phone hung up, never heard back from him that night. LOL
 
On a 1066?

Naw, by the time you got the damned nuts off the relay, you've already killed an hour.

That sucker is kinda hard to get to.

Allan
 
'Taint gonna keep this one.

Darned thing snaps in okay, just doesn't transer the power. Contacts must be all burnt up inside.

Anyhoo, after 2 hours of cussin' and skinned knuckels, she's in there and all is well again.

Allan
 
Is this the proverbial "smoke theory" in action?

All electronic components have a specified amount of smoke built into them. When the smoke escapes, the component is no longer operational.

Stan
 
That snap that you hear is the punch on the smoke holder. It let all the smoke out and now it doesn't work! Have fun now that it is all working.
 
They did kinda HIDE the sucker down there, but it's NOT that bad to swap wires. Getting the little bolts out that hold the relay in place is WORSE!
 
Pretty funny, Greg. I can see me doing that.

Just yesterday, I picked up a bunch of lumber for a barn addition I'm doing. Stacked it neatly on the new concrete pad and then started looking for a tarp to cover it to keep the rain off. Searched my truck, the grain room, hay loft, etc. Spent about a half hour looking all over the farm. Then I asked one of the guys mucking stalls in the barn. He says, yeah, I got one in my truck, but why don't you just cover it with the old metal barn siding sitting next to the stack? Duh! I'd been walking all over the siding while stacking the lumber. Guess I couldn't see the forest for the trees. :lol:

As for the original post, if that was me, I'd have to empty the truck out onto the ground than remember (after not finding the relay) that I put it on a shelf somewhere.
 
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