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Old 03-15-2017, 02:00 AM   #43
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My old 58 Ford with a 7 year old battery sat for a year and started on the first try. Three days of no start and a dead battery is inconceivable to me.

Maybe that's because the mud daubers had built a nest in the carburetor, holding in the gas fumes; the mice had built a nest in the air cleaner, keeping the engine warm; the rats had chewed through the belts, so no resistance there; the dome light was burnt out; the oil rings had segmented allowing lots of oil on the cylinder walls and the compression rings were shot, reducing the compression ratio to about 5:1.






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I would suspect your battery is on it's last cell ...... I'd replace it.




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Could be possible. The battery does have 54,xxx miles on it now. I'll see where the level is at on the NoCo the next time I charge it.
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But see mine has never even hesitated. Left it for two weeks last winter, came home, jumped in turned key, started right up first crank. That is what baffles me that some have so many issues and others not a problem.
Wonder if those that have issues (like me), have the Smart Key system????
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Could be possible. The battery does have 54,xxx miles on it now. I'll see where the level is at on the NoCo the next time I charge it.
You may consider having it load tested.

Personally, I won't mess around with "weak" batteries. Once they stumble, I replace them.

Nothing is worse that being somewhere you're not supposed to be, at some time when you're supposed to be somewhere else, with someone you're not supposed to be there with ....... and your car won't start ......

Did you pick up on that little life hint, there @soulreapersteve ..... ??


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Old 03-15-2017, 03:01 AM   #47
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You may consider having it load tested.

Personally, I won't mess around with "weak" batteries. Once they stumble, I replace them.

Nothing is worse that being somewhere you're not supposed to be, at some time when you're supposed to be somewhere else, with someone you're not supposed to be there with ....... and your car won't start ......

Did you pick up on that little life hint, there @soulreapersteve ..... ??


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Maybe that's because the mud daubers had built a nest in the carburetor, holding in the gas fumes; the mice had built a nest in the air cleaner, keeping the engine warm; the rats had chewed through the belts, so no resistance there; the dome light was burnt out; the oil rings had segmented allowing lots of oil on the cylinder walls and the compression rings were shot, reducing the compression ratio to about 5:1.






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First it was Pikachu now it is Steve that you seem to be inviting to a remote place. I am beginning to worry about you.

I don't know why ....... ??

I gotta go, drop the granddaughters off at their elementary school ....... then hang around the playground, to grab the kids to make sure they stop at the bottom of the slide safely .........


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If that draw is real, I'd guess that one of the window motors is not shutting all the way down when the switch is OFF.
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Maybe that's because the mud daubers had built a nest in the carburetor, holding in the gas fumes; the mice had built a nest in the air cleaner, keeping the engine warm; the rats had chewed through the belts, so no resistance there; the dome light was burnt out; the oil rings had segmented allowing lots of oil on the cylinder walls and the compression rings were shot, reducing the compression ratio to about 5:1.humfrz
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Well, we didn't used to have those problems ........


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You also got very good at putting windows back on the tracks with the old hand cranks!
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Haha, jiggle, lift glass and roll up, done!
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