Re: IML: Troubleshooting

["Steve B." <Imperial59@xxxxxxxxx>]

You can pull the wires off the brake light switch which is on the
bottom of the master cylinder and see if the drain is gone.  I would
suspect that if this were your culprit the brake lights would be on
though.

Window switches and power seat switch have been known to stick and
cause this problem as well.  Voltage regulators can do this too as
someone else has already pointed out.  If you don't have one get
yourself a cheap voltage meter from radio shack.  It will come in
handy many times!

          Steve B.


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 12:29:58 -0700 (PDT), ken cleversy
<cleversy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Being in the Navy has made things fun owning my Imperial.
>  I have recently run into some trouble with the battery discharging. After
> being underway I returned and went to the garage to start my car and found
> the battery dead. I put in a new battery and went for a drive only to find
> I had no brakelights. The next morning the new battery was discharged. I
> had charged the previous battery and got the car started.
>  I checked the generator and voltage regulator. I find the battery is
> being charged, but when I shut off the car the ampmeter is showing a
> current drain. I have been trying to troubleshoot this by running through
> all the manual information posted on the OIC site and with postings, and
> suspect the brake switch is bad, so I am asking the experts out there, am
> I on the right trail or should I hunt elsewhere?
> 
>  Ken, San Diego
>  59 Crown
> 
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