Hello folks,
I have a 95 Explorer 4 door XLT with manual transmission and 133,000
miles. I was in Ottawa on business last week and my wife called and
told me that Exp. was barely turning over when she tried to start it,
but it would run fine when it did start. When I got home and tried to
start it, it would even turn over. A volt meter across the battery read
9.2 volts. So I removed the battery and charged it and reinstalled it.
I then measured the current draw with the key out of the ignition. I
got a reading of 390 mA. This seems to be excessive. I believe I read
that the draw should be no more than 50 mA. I verified that all of the
interior lights were off. I then went to the power distribution panel
and started removing fuses. Current draw went to zero when I pulled the
60A I/P fuse panel fuse. I reinstalled that fuse and went to the fuse
panel inside. When I pulled fuse 27 the current draw dropped to 220 mA.
I think this is the fuse that protects the interior lights. When I
pulled fuse 25, current went to zero. This fuse protects the always
hot, 12v feed to the GEM. So I think I have sort of isolated the
problem, but I don't know what to do now? Does anyone have an
suggestions or ideas? Thanks.
Jay
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