As some have suggested - try another battery. If it turns out you wind up with an extra battery, or have your good one out for a while - don't park it on the ground or the garage floor. Sit it on a board some bit wider than the battery, or on a piece of foam rubber insulation or some of that foam rubber flooring. Batteries will tend to discharge if sitting directly on a grounding surface. The way they are built you wouldn't think so - but I think what happens is that over time a fine ionized mist eventually envelopes the battery surface on the outside and this provides a grounding path for a slow trickle discharge. So basically get it up off the floor onto something electrically insulated. John On 12/20/2013 12:46 AM, Anthony Boscolo wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first post so I will try to be as clear as possible. I have an > 1986 Syncro GL. > Driving up to the mountains tonight the head lights went out...about 20 > seconds later the engine died...the key is stuck in the ignition and if i > turn it the dash lights (bat,ox, etc...) don't respond. There is no noise > at all if I turn the key. > > At the time I had the rear heater on full, and was running the > high-beams...and I may have had the front heater/fan on as well. > > Any thoughts on what went wrong? fuse? if so I can't figure out which one. > > In the meantime, the Van is on the side of the road on SR 410 just before > the turn up to crystal mt. If you see her, wish her good thoughts. > > Thanks for the help > > -- > Anthony Boscolo | 206.794.1727 | abosail@gmail.com > . > |
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