Eric,
I agree with the rest of the list that your issue sounds like a bad battery.
One of the things I always recommend for maintaining good battery life as
well as electrical troubleshooting is a kill switch.
I have one in my car and love it. I recently replaced a bad starter and the
kill switch proved invalubale in the both the troubleshooting and
replacement of the bad part.
Andrew Murphy
1967.5 2000
>From: "Eric Frisbee" <efrisbee@charter.net>
>Reply-To: "Eric Frisbee" <efrisbee@charter.net>
>To: "Eric Corwin" <ecorwin@uchicago.edu>, <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: battery problem on '69 1600 (I hope)
>Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:53:57 -0500
>
>It's a VERY bad idea to charge your battery with your alternator on ANY
>car!!! Your alternator was designed for recharging the battery for
>normal
>drains like starting and accessories, not dead batteries... and your wiring
>isn't really up for the task either. It can and will overheat and melt.
>Additionally, the alternator could ask for over 30 amps, which is all your
>amp gauge (AKA, expensive fusing system) can safely handle. A battery
>charger is a good investment and I think Sears will sell you one for $50 or
>less? I bet you can't find a wiring harness or amp gauge for that...
>
>As to your battery drain... does your clock work? Also, how old is your
>starter? I have had problems with both... clock puts a steady drain on
>the system. Also had an old starter that the insulation on the inside was
>allowing minor arcing inside for a much faster drain.
>
>Good luck!!!
>Eric
>
> >
> > 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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