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Date:         Sat, 16 Dec 1995 15:13:30 -0600 (CST)
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From:         "Joseph F. Fournier II" <jfourni@comp.uark.edu>
Subject:      Coil Draining Battery?

Well, I can't figure out what's draining the battery in my '71. I replaced the voltage regulator and upon investigation noted that the old one had a buildup between the contacts on one of the points inside...so I though I had the problem solved.

I fired up the bus and let her idle in the driveway for awhile. I noticed that the gas gauge was reading full and jiggled some wires under the dash; went back down to 1/4.

Maybe I'm naive, but I wouldn't think that a simple dash short (the jiggle wire kind) would drain the battery in a few minutes.

Could the coil be fried and sucking the juice out of the system? Should I investigate the alternator next? I'm getting *some* juice out of it as I have an ammeter attached in place of generator light...because I can't figure out what's wrong with the generator light.

So many problems....so little time.

Thanks! Joe

---------------------------------------------------------- Joseph F. Fournier II <jfourni@comp.uark.edu> 501.575.7353 <a href="http://comp.uark.edu/~jfourni/"> Joe Fournier</a> ---------------------------------------------------------- | "If a thing worth having is worth working for, my bus | | must be worth it's weight in gold." -- me \/ | ------------------------------------------------\/\/------


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