Re: cold starting problems

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/11/15 16:37:33

Yes, Howard.
The clock, of course, runs all the time. It is not working now, so if I can extricate the fuse, I can check that. It was restored and keeping perfect time, but before I left, every once in awhile it made a sound like a moth trying to escape from an inclosure. I thought it was in the heater housing, but traced it to the clock. So that is probably the culprit. Instead of a click it was straining and vibrating. But it stopped and still kept perfect time.

There is an LED in the turn signal that never goes off. Very dim. I will check it, too, but I'm suspicious of the battery. Four years old sitting around waiting to be used. It was disconnected much of the time, but not all.

And yes, the radio may have been left on to kill the battery, but it should have charged up again. I will check for a leak with everything off. I'll pull the fuse on the blinkers.

After I took the battery out yesterday to have Sears check it, I charged it out of the car. Nothing connected. I only got a fully charged indicator light on the 12 amp charge.

Thanks for the suggestions.