battery drainage (please help)
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Heel & Toe
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From: Frankfort Illinois
battery drainage (please help)
i have a 1978 vette and am looking for advice... i have a battery draining and have located the fuse that is doing it. when the "clk,ltr-ctsy" fuse is pulled the drain stops. i dont have a lighter, my clock doesnt and has never worked and i have pulled the bulbs on the courtesy lamps inside the car and the drain is still there. is there another place to look or am i missing something??? please help...
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Heel & Toe
Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Frankfort Illinois
i disconnected the delay timer and now when i put my test light across the neg. terminal the light is bright for a split second and then a flickering red like it doesnt have much power going across it, is this normal. when i have the fuse pulled the test light illuminates just a bit less. also do i need to replace the delay or will my lights work without it for the time being??
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13
I am quite convinced by knwoing a lot of C3 owners that these babies will drain off about every month. I have tried to figure out why and haven't had much success. I put in a battery switch and if I am not driving regularly, I just disconnect the battery.
Pro
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I had a similar problem for years on my 81, destroyed more than a few alternators recharging the battery actually. Even my auto-parts store told me "we can no longer replace these things for free even though they have a lifetime warranty".
It ended up being a stoopid dinger. The thing that made the ding or clicking sound (I actually never heard it) got stuck and just drained continuously. I removed it (large black thing on the fuse panel) and it corrected the problem.
Not sure if a 78 has one.
It ended up being a stoopid dinger. The thing that made the ding or clicking sound (I actually never heard it) got stuck and just drained continuously. I removed it (large black thing on the fuse panel) and it corrected the problem.
Not sure if a 78 has one.
Melting Slicks
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From: Dayton Area Ohio
St. Jude Donor '08
78's are located behind the glovebox, remove it and this is what it looks like. I bypassed mine so my courtesy lights still work. I also put in a battery kill switch because I could never eliminate the drain completely, my clocked work fine. After about a week or so my battery would be down. since the kill switch install no problems even after the winter months went by
