I am doing some maintenance on the max...

So I have the hood opened and am looking at something when I see my VI actuator arm moving back and forth.. HMMMM....

So I open my harlan RPM switch and WATER comes pouring out.

OUCH!!!! So I dried it off and cleaned it with alchol.. I hope it works.. we will see shortly.



and all I can think about is the time delay on harlans RPM switch

 

that sucks, how do you think it got there?

 

well the list starts with me being dumb.. but I had my rpm switch under my hood and where I "thought" water would not get into it, but I moved the switch the other day and did not put tape around the ends like I wanted to.. that is the ONLY reason I moved it... and I did not move it back.. so I basicly caused it

 

Hopefully it will work

 

where exactly under the hood did you put it?

 

No dice

It gives me the reading for the RPM I set it at.. but it does not activate.. and I can't change the RPM setting.

So it looks like I need to buy another one.. which really is not that bad.. EXCEPT for the months I am about to wait to receive it..

So I will be looking around.. but from what I can remeber reading nobody has tried the other one .. and I think MSD makes it..


Well it was right next to the passenger headlight. There is a small little area it was tucked into. No water could have ever gotten into there.

BUT I puled it out while doing something else about 1 week ago so I could tape both ends up... well before I could I got going on something else.

I had it in since july and zero problems!!

So it was near the OPEN part near the head light.. and there was pouring rain for a couple days here in atlanta

So I have just been

 

I would go ahead and mount switch under the dash when you get the new one. As for the MSD unit, you'll end up spending a lot of dough plus you'll need to send it off to MSD to get it configured for a single wire application.


Dave

 

I remember reading that.. BUT summits website says "The switch can be used with any type of ignition"

as of now.. I might be able to get my switch to work.. alcohol and a tooth brush are making some headway.

I might call msd tomorrow to see what is the deal.

But I do think relocating it to the glove box will be in order

 

What did you dry it with? I remember when my cordless phone fell in the tub, tried to turn it on (wet), nothing - completely dead. I grabbed a can of 'Dust Off' (compressed gas) and opened and sprayed the board and everything inside throughly, phone turned right on like nothing happened.

 

Please please...at least you can still see your max on a daily basis. I, on the other hand, have limited visitation rights and thats about it. Its actually been sitting so long that I'm pretty sure the fuel is bad.

 

Let it air dry after a good wash in alchol. I might eb able to fix it. Upon close inspection the white wire, that feeds the activation switch, is corroded very badly. And it now will change and even lights up when I hit the selected RPM.

So I will try soldering a new wire to the board and hope that fixes it.

 

Tell me about it....