Re: easy reason for a dead battery

doh

On 9/6/05, Steven Michelsen <stevenm@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> A little while back I reported my mysterious dead battery. I brought it to
> Autozone where they checked it out as shot. I replaced it, dropped the new
> one into my 78 Midget and merrily drove.off. All was well for a while.
> Then today I turn the key, get a few cranks, then nothing. It jumpstarts
> just fine and I take it out to charge the battery. I then resign myself to
> an extended search for the mystery cause of my chronically dying batteries.
> I opened the boot - and - found the problem. I wish every problem could be
> this easy...
>
> http://www.1978mgmidget.com/reason_for_dead_battery.jpg