On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 11:45:04 -0500, "JoeT" noway@today wrote:


Intermittents are the toughest problems to diagnose and correct. If your
battery holds its charge while in the current configuration ( shell parts
removed ) and the drain returns when you replace them, it implies one of
those now removed parts, when in place, is completing the high resistance
short that drains your battery.

I'd suggest you carefully examine those parts as you replace them to see if
they fit without touching anything in the electrical system (monitor the
path that is now correctly reading 0 volts drop while replacing the parts.
If it suddenly changes from 0 volts as you reinstall the shell parts, the
one you touched last when it changes is causing your problem. There may even
be evidence of the intermittent connection path on the inside of one of
those parts. Look closely.

joe


Hi again -

This is where I stand -

I have everything connected except the heavy wire connection to the
starter. The battery is connected as is the solenoid. So far there
is no discharge to the battery. Makes me think the problem is the
starter.

What would you do? Buy a new starter? Live with it?

Thanks.

G