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Old Feb 28, 2023 | 11:14 AM
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ok, Parked it about 3 weeks ago, running great. put the charger on the battery, got busy. Wanted to take it out the other day (the temps almost hit 70). Dead!
no Lights, horn, no dash lights. I haven't checked the fuses yet. Cant imagine a single fuse causing this, but I will check. Interior lights come on, weee.
Will start investigating soon would like some suggestions.

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Old Feb 28, 2023 | 07:24 PM
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I would check the battery connections and the 35 year old battery cables. They can get corroded inside and fail.
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I know it sounds stupid, with the interior lights coming on, but I would also have the battery tested
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Thanks to all, As I mentioned I got busy and did not have a chance to investigate. Last night I did. It seems I have a draw on the battery I was not aware of.
So, I jumped it everything lit up (dash etc and started right up. Usually when I park it I put a charger on it. I didn't this time and the Battery (new) was totally
drained. So here we go again. As it turns out the draw is nearly 12 volts!. never seen this before

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