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Re: Question about battery drain ( in my truck )
Reply #15 - 12/04/16 at 15:20:58
 
Don't ya hate when you fix things and don't realize it?

"So what was wrong? What did you do?"

"I dunno!"  Huh



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Reply #16 - 12/04/16 at 15:52:46
 
Kris01 wrote on 12/04/16 at 15:20:58:
Don't ya hate when you fix things and don't realize it?

"So what was wrong? What did you do?"

"I dunno!"  Huh



Grin


Well to add insult to injury......

A few days before my ordeal, I stopped by my neighbors house, as I saw he had his car up on ramps, the front, had been that way for over a week.
I asked him what he was doing?
He said he was going to change the starter out, as it went bad.
I said, Oh really, you need to run it up on ramps to do that?
He said yes, to get his fat arse under it...

I said, hey, let me take a look.
I told him he could never reach it that way, he just needed to pull out all the plastic intake junk and he'd have a pretty good shot at it...

I asked him what made him think it was the starter.
He said, here, just listen, it ticks when I try to start it.

Ah, I said, and went to his battery.
I noticed the obvious corroded connections.
I took his pliers and just twisted them a little bit.
told him to now try the key....
it started right up!

However, I figgered my problem had to be much bigger than his  Grin
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Reply #17 - 12/06/16 at 19:21:40
 
I replaced the ignition cylinder on a '69 Mustang once. I got it out in seconds. Putting it back in was a different story. I tried and tried and tried... An hour later a friend shows up in my garage...

Him: Whatcha doin'?

Me: Trying to replacing the ignition switch. I can't get it to go in.

Him: Let me try.

5 seconds later... DONE!

Me:  Shocked How'd you do that?  Shocked
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Reply #18 - 12/07/16 at 08:40:20
 
They Say
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I keep wondering just how daggum OLD I'm gonna hafta Get before I Know the stuff I need to know.
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Reply #19 - 12/08/16 at 00:21:19
 
battery was getting low every two weeks. Ford Escape. Alt showed bad. Put on rebuilt. Two weeks later battery low. Alt tested bad. Put on second rebuilt. Two weeks later, well you know. Shop took it back tested good for 30 seconds then dropped to 11 volts. after turning off then back on showed good sometimes and bad sometimes. Now a month later with new alt it's good. intermittent problems on "guaranteed" parts can drive you crazy. I told my mechanic to install the new one with wing nuts. lol
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Re: Question about battery drain ( in my truck )
Reply #20 - 12/08/16 at 18:26:33
 
Boofer wrote on 12/08/16 at 00:21:19:
I told my mechanic to install the new one with wing nuts. lol


LOL! Unfortunately you can't trust that new parts will work anymore. Quality used to be a whole lot better.
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