new owner with old issues

[pineapple dave]

Well  got  my '78  a  couple  months  ago  and  been  working  through  the  minor  stuff. Here's  the  current  one  that  has  me  scratching  my  head. When  I  bought  it  the  water  pump  fired  up  and  generator  tried  to  turned  over.After  playing with the  generator since  it  had  never  been  used and  trying  to  get  it  to  work  it  quit  even  getting  any  spark, and  the  pump  would  not  turn  on. 1st  fix  was  to  change  the  10 year  old  battery, since  even the  engine  wouldn't  turn  over  or  take  a  charge. Installed  new  battery  but  could  not  get  to  it  that  day  so  the  next  day  I  went  out  and  the  new  battery  was  totally  dead. I  had  left  nothing  on  and  can  not  figure out  what  is  robbing  all  the  juice  from  the  battery ? Any  ideas  would  be  appreciated  has  to  be  an  open  circuit  somewhere. There  is  a  tggle  switch  on  my  steering  column  that  seems  to  control  the  flow  to  some  circuits  but  that  was  off. pineapple  dave

[JerryT]

Hi Dave
Is this a new House battery or a new Auto battery that you bought?

JerryT

[pineapple dave]

It's  the  auto  battery. I  went  and  read  a  bunch  of  the  old  posts  dealing  with  this  issue  and  have  deduced  somewhere  I  have  an  open  circuit  after  circuit  testing. Next  move  is  to  start  pulling  fuses  and  trace  it  from  there.

[LARRY RAY]

Using a test light hook one end to battery and other to the cable. (With it disconnected) If the light glows you will have a drain somewhere. The reason I say to test it this way, is that is doesn't put as much drain on the battery and you can check it when to get the chance until the problem is found. When the light goes off, you found the problem.