Hi,
This is my first time posting to this list but I've been reading it for
a while and it's been very helpful. I checked all around and couldn't
find a good answer to my problem anywhere, so I'll ask here.
I have a '69 1600 (with electronic distributor) that I bought last
summer. I stored it indoors over the winter and fired it up about once
a month w/out issue. However, I let it sit for the last two or three
months without turning it over once (stupid). When I tried recently I
found that the battery had about 1.5 V in it. So I jumped it and it
turned over fine, while running the thing read about 14 V or so (I
don't remember exactly but it seemed quite normal and ran without a
problem). So I drove around for a long time to try to recharge the
battery (and remembered again why I bought this car, man is it a blast
to drive) and when I parked it I'd only charged it to about 10.5 V.
So, I thought I just needed to run it longer. However, yesterday (two
days after driving it) when I checked it the Voltage in the battery had
dropped to 9.5 V (which is a pretty big drop). So here's the question,
does this sound like a battery that won't hold a charge anymore as a
result of being drained or like a really bad (and new, never had any
problems in the summer...) parasitic leak? I think I'll take it into
sears to get a charging test (free), but I'm not sure if they check for
parasitic leaks. So does this sound like a stupidly familiar problem
to anyone?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
--Eric
'69 1600
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