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Massive Power Draw
#283861
04/10/09 05:06 PM
04/10/09 05:06 PM
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Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 5,902
Athens, Greece
Pyper70
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Athens, Greece
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Everything is running fine but today I stopped for a brief moment and I left the parking lamps on my 69 Charger and I went to turn her on again and all I got was the bendix clicking like there wasn't enough juice in the battery. WEIRD!
Anyways, I understand that with parking lamps on I have plenty of voltage running through the lamps. 3 on each side in the rear and 2 front lamps, plus all the bulbs on the dash on as well. I also noticed that my left front turn signal in the valance was super dim compared to the right one, so I am thinking something came loose as she has never been like that before. So I have a bad ground on the left turn/signal light circuit...Would that be the root of a massive power draw and cause my starter bendix to not engage fully?
.....Shut off the parking lamps and she fired right up and continued on home, battery is charging at 14.5 volts...
I dunno....boggled
Family owned 1969 Charger R/T DualQuad 440/727/GVO/3.55s
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Re: Massive Power Draw
[Re: SRT8Challenger]
#283863
04/10/09 06:10 PM
04/10/09 06:10 PM
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Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 36,040
Lincoln Nebraska
RapidRobert
Circle Track
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Circle Track
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 36,040
Lincoln Nebraska
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I would clean(or check) all (6) ends of your large battery cables plus the block to firewall one wouldn't hurt also but especially the battery posts/terminals.
live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth
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Re: Massive Power Draw
[Re: Pyper70]
#283864
04/10/09 06:23 PM
04/10/09 06:23 PM
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Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 7,759
So Cal
HealthServices
Why would you even post that?
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Why would you even post that?
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So Cal
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Before getting carried away check battery voltage and do a load test to see it is still strong.
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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and check alternator output while your at it. Bad bulbs / light socket grounds won't cause your problem.