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1980 ford courier parasitic draw or short
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dabuilderbrad
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Dec 30, 2015, 8:08 PM
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1980 ford courier parasitic draw or short
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I got my first car/truck a few months ago. The first few weeks were hard, but I got it running reliably and smogged and registered. One day I used it, the next, it's dead.
I'm working with a
1980 ford courier truck
4 cilinder, 2.3 liter, manual transmission
Milage shows 34k, but I highly doubt it with the age of the vehicle.. I would guess 3 or 400
The first thing I did, because I still needed to get somewhere, was roll it out of the driveway and pop/clutch start it on the way out. When I got home, I tried to start it and no good. No turning over whatsoever. The dash lights go on, and die when I turn the key. When I leave the car with the key in the on position, the dash lights stay on, I step on the brake turning on the brake lights, dash lights die and slowly dim back on after I take my foot off the brake.
After some fiddling, I charge my battery. The battery was replace along with other repairs just over a month ago, so that shouldn't be the problem, but I could be wrong. After charging the battery, voltage reading about 13 volts, I attempted to start the car, same problems. I charged the battery again, and began pulling fuses, looking for a short circuit, and with there being maybe 7 or 8 fuses, it didn't take too long. However, I wasn't able to find a definite short or draw with the ground terminal disconnected on any of the circuits. During repairs, the headlights went out and I spent days trying to find the break, but to no avail, so I resorted to hard wiring connections onto the headlamp nearest to the battery, so that I could tap into the current harness, and put in line fuses and toggle switches on the dash. I realized that the problem could be my error in wiring something incorrectly, so I disconnected the headlamps at the fuse, but it didn't seem to change anything. I'm not even sure if it is a short in the system, and that it may just be a faulty battery, in which I will replaced it under warrenty.. I was however able to get the vehicle started after some work, but I'll have to come back and see if it stays that way.
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Hammer Time
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Dec 31, 2015, 3:13 AM
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Re: 1980 ford courier parasitic draw or short
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First, you need to stop with the creative wiring.
Start out by having the battery tested. once confirmed as a good battery, check all the cable connections and test the charging system.
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