Dead battery issue Tail lights on - no screen no crank
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Dead battery issue Tail lights on - no screen no crank TOP DOWN EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS!!
Hey guys, I've got the top down because I was re-installing my wife's glovebox after replacing the blower motor and resister (now the A/C works! Finished that a couple of days ago). I just got the glovebox soft-open fixed and dropped the top to get some extra working room. Installed pretty easily, and I thought I would give the cutoff the duckbill thing another shot, so I opened the lid, took the engine cover off and messed with it for about an hour. The skies started to cloud up, so I told my wife to grab her keys and raise the top. She tried to start the car to raise the top, but it didn't have the juice. This happened the last time I tried to cut the duckbill off. I don't know if I'm touching stuff on the tranny tunnel I'm not supposed to, or if the hood is open too long for the battery or what. Anyway, I went and grabbed the trickle charger and hooked it up through the trunk access and I have tried to crank every hour since then,
Now the screen is black, NO SOUND when I push the start button, and a curious thing... the trunk is closed with the trickle charger block inside, and the tail lights, AND ONLY the tail lights are on. What it the heck?
Any ideas? I'm worried it's gonna rain, and we have no garage. What did I do?
Now the screen is black, NO SOUND when I push the start button, and a curious thing... the trunk is closed with the trickle charger block inside, and the tail lights, AND ONLY the tail lights are on. What it the heck?
Any ideas? I'm worried it's gonna rain, and we have no garage. What did I do?
Last edited by Geosnooker2000; 07-29-2018 at 08:13 PM.
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This car is really quirky. Not enough power, so lets make sure the tail lights and the starter button are lit up??? Weird.
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Haven't seen it do that again... sigh...
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Geosnooker, my bad! I was in Cordova over the week end, if I'd have realized your location I could have stopped by & given you a hand. I was not really doing anything anyway, except tooling around in the vert.
I'm glad the lid is closed and she is running though it sounds like a new battery is in order.
I'm glad the lid is closed and she is running though it sounds like a new battery is in order.
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Geosnooker,
if you put a battery on a trickle charge and crank it every hour; besides officially being a crank-yanker, you have killed the battery.
Basically a battery's life can be stated as the number of times it goes to zero. It was going to zero every time you cranked it.
Just a heads up, dont rely on that battery no more.
if you put a battery on a trickle charge and crank it every hour; besides officially being a crank-yanker, you have killed the battery.
Basically a battery's life can be stated as the number of times it goes to zero. It was going to zero every time you cranked it.
Just a heads up, dont rely on that battery no more.
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