2billydavies
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hi everyone. happy holidays & happy New Year!
Ran into something yesterday that I don't quite understand. Maybe someone here can throw some ideas at me.
My car is running GREAT since the rebuild and the timing issues you all helped with. Fired her up yesterday, ran to the store. Came out... and the battery is "dead." or so I think.
Had my wife come over, gave it a jump... fired right up and went home. Turned it off... and nothing. So i'm thinking yup... it's the battery. The gas gauge or the little red and yellow dashboard lights don't even come on.
However... i did notice that if I take the small wire that leads from the coil to the top of the distributor OFF.... everything works. Lights come on, gauges move, gas gauge shoots to "Full."
Is that weird?? Is it really a dead battery? The battery I don't believe is very old... and it fires the car right up. no cranking, no long pressing of the starter button. Literally fires right up.
But when I hook up that wire again... there is absolutely NO signs of life from the car. The little red dash light doesn't even dimly shine. I'm just finding it very hard to believe its the actual battery right now. If it were.... why wouldn't the same things light up and move with the wire on as the wire off?
once again... blown away by something that seems pretty easy to figure out. lol....
anyways... chime in if you have any ideas... I've wiggled wires under the dash (which, i admit, probably need to be redone soon) and there's just nothing.
thoughts??
thanks!
Ran into something yesterday that I don't quite understand. Maybe someone here can throw some ideas at me.
My car is running GREAT since the rebuild and the timing issues you all helped with. Fired her up yesterday, ran to the store. Came out... and the battery is "dead." or so I think.
Had my wife come over, gave it a jump... fired right up and went home. Turned it off... and nothing. So i'm thinking yup... it's the battery. The gas gauge or the little red and yellow dashboard lights don't even come on.
However... i did notice that if I take the small wire that leads from the coil to the top of the distributor OFF.... everything works. Lights come on, gauges move, gas gauge shoots to "Full."
Is that weird?? Is it really a dead battery? The battery I don't believe is very old... and it fires the car right up. no cranking, no long pressing of the starter button. Literally fires right up.
But when I hook up that wire again... there is absolutely NO signs of life from the car. The little red dash light doesn't even dimly shine. I'm just finding it very hard to believe its the actual battery right now. If it were.... why wouldn't the same things light up and move with the wire on as the wire off?
once again... blown away by something that seems pretty easy to figure out. lol....
anyways... chime in if you have any ideas... I've wiggled wires under the dash (which, i admit, probably need to be redone soon) and there's just nothing.
thoughts??
thanks!