Please help with battery problem

Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area

Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
lights, car not close to starting.
Any ideas?!!!??

Thanks!!!!

wrote:
> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
> lights, car not close to starting.
> Any ideas?!!!??
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
Is there anything elecrical that has not been working right? Start
looking at that.
Do you know how to use an ammeter? Hook it up in-line with the source
and either pull fuses one at a time, or pull them all out and put them
back in, one at a time. Make sure you can put them back in there correct
spot.
Any great change in readings means something is pulling too much current.
From there, divide and conquer. If the fuse feeds more than one
component than disconnect them and start plugging one at a time till you
see a big draw in current.
It may be something simple though, like your dome light is on or something.

> wrote in message
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> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
> lights, car not close to starting.
> Any ideas?!!!??
>
> Thanks!!!!
>

Your alternator needs replacing too. some of the diodes went out, then it
could not charge your old battery.
better repleace it fast too.

You also may have a small lite that stays on,

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
> lights, car not close to starting.
> Any ideas?!!!??
>
> Thanks!!!!

The last time my car had these symptoms, it was because the battery
terminals and cables had corroded so much that only a trickle of juice was
getting through. Either way. They looked clean enough, but there wasn't
enough contact being made. I bought a new battery, too.

I was too embarrassed to talk about it at the time. But time has passed.

dwight
www.tfrog93.com

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 19:57:25 -0500, "dwight" >
wrote:

> wrote in message
roups.com...
>> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>>
>> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
>> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
>> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
>> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
>> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
>> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
>> lights, car not close to starting.
>> Any ideas?!!!??
>>
>> Thanks!!!!
>
>The last time my car had these symptoms, it was because the battery
>terminals and cables had corroded so much that only a trickle of juice was
>getting through. Either way. They looked clean enough, but there wasn't
>enough contact being made. I bought a new battery, too.
>
>I was too embarrassed to talk about it at the time. But time has passed.
>
>dwight
>www.tfrog93.com
>

You are not the only one who has made this one :0) I won't mention any
names but his initials are ME! LOL

On 16 Jan 2007 13:20:54 -0800, wrote:

>Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
>Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
>wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
>Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
>it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
>started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
>low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
>lights, car not close to starting.
>Any ideas?!!!??
>
>Thanks!!!!

And the colder the temps, the faster you are apt to see this problem.
I went through a bunch of batteries while living in Maine. Didn't help
that all I had was a car port. I solved the problem by taking the
battery inside every night. In North Dakota, I drove to a store and
parked my 72 Mustang. Walked in the door and glanced back to see the
taillights on. Went back to the car, turned off the lights and the car
wouldn't start. A local whipped out his jumpers and we got the car
started. Ran it for a while and took a chance. Did the shopping and
loaded up the car and it started right up. Never had another problem
with it.

In article .com>, wrote:
> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
> lights, car not close to starting.
> Any ideas?!!!??

Are sears diehards still being made by exide on the cheap to ruin a good
name?

There are only two things I can think of

1) you have a current drain somewhere, measure the current being pulled
from the battery with the car off.

2) You got a defective battery or one that didn't have a full charge.
Just because it's new doesn't mean it is fully charged.

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
> lights, car not close to starting.
> Any ideas?!!!??
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
Had this too... one car was a drain and the other was a bad alternator.
Brand new battery lasted two days. Whatever it is, it isn't the battery.

Brad

Three things can do what your describing. Bad starter, Bad horn, shorted
wire to the frame. Get your volt/amp meter out and start looking for the
current draw on the starter, look for current draw when the car is off,
disconnect the horn temporarily, do it one at a time to narrow down what it
might be.

I spent many hours under a 77 chevy truck to find a bare wire hitting the
frame and killing the battery.

"Brent P" > wrote in message
. ..
> In article .com>,
> wrote:
>> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>>
>> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
>> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
>> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
>> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
>> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
>> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
>> lights, car not close to starting.
>> Any ideas?!!!??
>
> Are sears diehards still being made by exide on the cheap to ruin a good
> name?
>
> There are only two things I can think of
>
> 1) you have a current drain somewhere, measure the current being pulled
> from the battery with the car off.
>
> 2) You got a defective battery or one that didn't have a full charge.
> Just because it's new doesn't mean it is fully charged.
>
>

It's time for the handy dandy test light disconnect your Positive + lead and
hook your ground wire of your handy dandy test light to your Ground - poll
of the battery and the other end to the positive + lead that you
disconnected and if the light comes on the you have something that is
draining the battery start pulling fuses. I did this after 4 Batteries and
2 Altenators.. Found the BRAND NEW Pioneer Multi Disc Changer was draining
the battery so that little ( Yellow ) wire that keeps your memory for your
CD player was CUT end of problem.. I hope this helps

89 5.0 Mustang LX





> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Thanks for any help you can provide. 92LX 5.0 I'm in Chicago area
>
> Tried to start it two days ago and the interior lights were dim and it
> wouldn't turn over. Tried charging it but it wouldn't take the charge.
> Die Hard Gold with 40 months. Took it to Sears, they tested it and said
> it was bad. Picked up a new Diehard Gold for $44. Installed it. Car
> started right up. I ran it for half an hour, the gauge said normal but
> low-normal. Left it overnight, got up this morning. VERY low interior
> lights, car not close to starting.
> Any ideas?!!!??
>
> Thanks!!!!
>
>