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Road Gremlins.

crank

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Have you all heard about those Road Gremlins that give us problems with our rides? Normally at the worse possible times. While looking around under the H1 yesterday I found this little bast**d in and around the starter!
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If there's one in there, there's probably more! :whaa:
 

crank

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You see, there are "Hummer Gremlins" that LOVE to ride, but they are also mischievous little devils and they cause all sorts of problems for you while you are driving. Some say they are responsible for that little old lady in the minivan not paying attension and cutting you off in traffic. Or, you may be having transmission trouble, your battery goes dead, your turn signal suddenly refuses to work, your wiper blades skip, an oil spill appears out of nowhere, etc – you get the idea. Sometimes those little gremlins make big trouble in the smallest places making you look like you don't know what your doing to the other forum members. Believe it or not, I get a few of those gremlins from time to time.
Now for the technical discussion... The best way to get rid of those gremlins is to install a little bell under your hood. Once you get a bell inside your ride, it will begin to ward off these attacks from the little gremlins, not allowing any more to get into your vehicle. If you already have some gremlins riding with you, they will get trapped in the hollow of the bell, and the constant ringing will drive them insane, causing them to lose their grip and fall on to the roadway. (Have you ever wondered how potholes are formed?) Yeah... There you are... The bell has served its purpose!

(This very informative post was taken and modified from an old Biker legend. Who this old biker is, no one knows).
 

twinmill28

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My truck was riding fine and I placed a bell under the hood to keep the gremlins at bay----the little bastards stuffed it in between the fan belt and pulleys, and it rang all right, all the way to shredding my fan belt and destroying a pulley.
I don't play that game anymore, I make sure to leave a platter of wings and a six pack of beer under the hood now and my truck has run like a top since.
 

M22KLARS

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Oh man... my 3 has all kinds of god damn gremlins. Like the random wiper problem. Once in a while when I apply the brakes my wipers will come on. And it only does it when I apply the brakes. Figure that one out... :roll:

Then there's the dash lights that go in and out occasionally. Oh and the rear door pin switch that goes bad once every 4 months. Usually when I'm about to give someone a ride who has never been in a HUMMER before... :gaah:

Then there's the HVAC connector that sparks and smokes. lol That's fun!

On and my remote start stopped working a few months ago. Good thing we didn't have a winter this year.
 

crank

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Are you in Florida? Yeah... I forgot to mention, Florida Gremlins will do that. They're nasty little boogers that will turn on you in a heart beat! I think it's the nice warm weather that messes up thier mind. Beer and wings... Good call!


My truck was riding fine and I placed a bell under the hood to keep the gremlins at bay----the little bastards stuffed it in between the fan belt and pulleys, and it rang all right, all the way to shredding my fan belt and destroying a pulley.
I don't play that game anymore, I make sure to leave a platter of wings and a six pack of beer under the hood now and my truck has run like a top since.
 

crank

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Damn Man! I heard the Minnesota Gremlins were hard core! I'm thinking the bell theory may just piss them off even more. I'm thinking Twinmill might have something with the Beer and Wings thing. But I think you should throw in a quart of Whiskey too just to make sure they're happy. After you hear them singing, throw open the hood and go ape sh*t with a couple of large caliber auto's!! Be careful not to hit anything important though... :)

Oh man... my 3 has all kinds of god damn gremlins. Like the random wiper problem. Once in a while when I apply the brakes my wipers will come on. And it only does it when I apply the brakes. Figure that one out... :roll:

Then there's the dash lights that go in and out occasionally. Oh and the rear door pin switch that goes bad once every 4 months. Usually when I'm about to give someone a ride who has never been in a HUMMER before... :gaah:

Then there's the HVAC connector that sparks and smokes. lol That's fun!

On and my remote start stopped working a few months ago. Good thing we didn't have a winter this year.
 

twinmill28

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You know, come to think of it---whenever I take the truck in for service, the techs are usually knocking people out of the way to get it back in a bay. I always just attributed it to a friendly staff.......
 

Scarsman

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I've heard the Naked Eared Gremlin is the worst of the species. They more resistant to the bells and can adapt quickly to any counter measures.
 
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