.....every single time I drive it, something else goes wrong!! About two
weeks ago I took it to a local restaurants first cruise night. It started
right up after sitting for a few weeks. I think all the wires we
reconnected finally fixed the battery drain problem. Anyway, we had a nice
dinner and chat with other car owners, drove home, rolled up the windows and
behold; the drivers side window is cracked all the way across with an actual
hole at the bottom rear. It has to go to the glass shop to finish putting
the chrome around the windows anyway (I gave up on that) so I figure "oh
well".
Now, two weeks go by and last Wednesday I get home from work and we decide
to take both cars up to the cruise. The Belvedere was dead, so I jump
started it with my truck and drove to town. I thought "bummer, must not
have all the electrical done after all". Anyway, after dinner the car was
still dead. We hooked it up to a 66 Catalina and no go. One guy had a used
police car with high output alt and we hooked it up to that. After a couple
minutes, it started up.
On the way home, I had the parking lights on and the turn signals quit
working. My wife (following in her VW) told me the taillights were so dim
she could hardly tell they were on. I am guessing now that this is
unrelated to my previous electrical problems. What might cause the battery
(fairly new) to completely die. I have been having intermittent starter,
starter cellinoid problems. When you try starting it, the starter just
whines on the first attempt and then it engages. Once the cellinoid was
clicking and I had to tap it. Could they drain the battery dead and keep it
dead, or is it most likely a problem with the generator?
Thanks.
See ya, Joe.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5768
http://www.infopage.com/plymouth/ - 55 Plymouth Belvedere 2dr Club Coupe V8
Auto Red/WHITE Sport Tone.
http://www.infopage.com/vw/ - Nancy's 66 Karmann Ghia Cabriolet (A Forward
Look cousin!)
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