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Topic: battery drain
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torino420
Gearhead Posts: 117
From: Tracy, California
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-28-2004 03:32 PM
   
I somewhat isolated whats causing the drain. It's a black with yellow wire that runs from where the solenoid used to be to the dash.( solenoid has been moved to the trunk via the MAD enterprises kit, it now connects to a terminal that is fed back to the solenoid) Whats the best way to find out how it's causing the drain? I recently installed a fuel pump relay and wired it into a wire under the dash that had power with the key on. To get to this i had to "un tape" the wiring by the fuse panel. The black with yellow wire appears to run here and goes into a black pod looking thing. Maybe a fuesable link? What should I start looking at?
thanks a bunch------------------
69 Torino GT Hardtop
420" Windsor
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ntman
Gearhead Posts: 101
From: Mulkeytown, IL
Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 07-28-2004 04:37 PM
One way you can find a battery drain is to hook up a meter to the bat and remove fuses one at a time with the key off and you should see a change on things that are constant hot. When you get to one that changes that isn't suppose to be hot, you have found the culprit.Hope this helps,
Bart
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torino420
Gearhead Posts: 117
From: Tracy, California
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-28-2004 04:48 PM
Well i have found the source, I just want to know how to go about fixing it. Do i look for an opening in the wire that is shorting?I found it by hooking a test light up to the positive side of the battery then touch the pointer to the positive cable and started pulling things until the light went out. No fuses did it, so i went to the solenoid and started pulling wires there till the light went out.
thanks
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torino420
Gearhead Posts: 117
From: Tracy, California
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 07-29-2004 10:48 AM
think i found it, one of the wires leads to the ignition switch. It looks a tad "fried" just before going into the switch. Just ordered a new ignition switch and pigtail from autokrafters. That should be it...
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