The other day for no reason at all my 86 Elky would not start, just a click at the sol. New battery, new alt., new fan belt. I put a charger on and after 5 min. on fast charge it started. Checked alt. and it was putting out 14.86 volts at idle. After the battery was back up I put a load test on it and it is fine. I put 20 miles on it and parked it over night, the next morning same stinkin thing. While bat. was charging I went over ALL the grounds, took everything apart, cleaned everything up and put it back together. When bat. was back at full charge I put a voltmeter from the neg. bat. post to the neg. cable, with the key off I showed a 12.87 draw. I pulled the body plug at the firewall and the draw went away, now I know the problem is from the firewall back. I plugged the ignition plug back in and there was no draw. I plugged the light, horn, etc. plug in and had 12.87 volt draw. Went inside and started pulling fuses, draw went away when I pulled courtesy/clock fuse. I left the fuse out overnight and tried to start the car in the morning, started right up. Pulled bat. cable and checked and low and behold I show a 12.87 volt draw even though the fuse was in my fat little fist. I put the fuse back in and the draw is still there, take it out and same problem. I have checked lighter, door switches (courtesy lights), dome light, etc. still have the problem. Of course when I pull the csty/clk fuse I take power feed for the radio. The ctsy. lights do not work with or without the fuse and the bulbs are all good.
Does anyone have any ideas before I buy a gallon of gas and put the car out of its misery:smileyb: Climbing under the dash at my age is really killing me.
Does anyone have any ideas before I buy a gallon of gas and put the car out of its misery:smileyb: Climbing under the dash at my age is really killing me.