On Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:23 GMT, "CJB" <colonyparkwagon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>I have a 1987 Crown Vic LX Two Door. Recently the battery went dead
>overnight. I assumed I'd left a light on, but no such luck. The battery
>tested bad at Advance, so they replaced it under warranty. Put the new
>battery in and left the car for 2 days. Went to start it and no battery
>whatsoever.
>
>Brought the battery in and charged it on my charger. Put it in and left
it
>overnight. This morning, the battery was dead again.
>
>Last night I looked the car over for any signs of a light being on. I
even
>disconnected the trunk light since I couldn't see it to verify it was
off.
>
>Where do I begin? I seem to remember someone once saying that a bad
>alternator would cause that. I will tell you that when I tried jumping
it
>and driving it to advance, the car quit after a mile or so as if the
>alternator wasn't charging.
>
Since Advance will test it for free, I'd start there. Beyond that, if
you have a volt meter, check to see if you have a short between the
low and high amp sides of the solenoid switch. I had an 84 T-Bird
that bit me that way once. I also had an 81 Escort with a bad rear
window defogger switch that liked to drain batteries.
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