Spent 4 hours chasing a ghost in a Freightliner engine bay near Amarillo

Found a blown fuse hiding under a corroded wire loom that looked fine from the top. Took three test drives and a call to my dad before I spotted it. Anybody else ever waste a whole day on something stupid like a fuse?

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rodriguez.mia1mo ago

Oh man, I've definitely done that before, spent hours on a stupid little corroded connection that looked brand new.

fiona_kim971mo ago

92 bucks for a replacement part and 4 hours of my Saturday because I refused to believe a wire crimp from 1987 could fail. Turned out the thing was loose all along, not even corroded, just a bad connection from day one. I had it apart on the bench three times checking continuity before I finally wiggled the damn wire and the meter flickered. The fix took me like 30 seconds with a new butt connector. Still salty about it.

abby_cooper1mo ago

Honestly, that’s the kind of ghost chase that makes you wanna throw the whole meter across the garage. Did you actually check the crimp with a pull test before you went for the continuity check, or did you just assume it was solid because it looked clean? I’ve learned the hard way that a visual inspection on old wiring means basically nothing if you don't physically tug on it. That 30 second fix must have stung real bad after all that bench time.