Okay... First off, I realize that the answer is.... find out where the power is going.
1. Bought this 65 SS a couple months ago and the previous owners have done a number of things to this car. HEI, Holley, Battery relocated to trunk, 1 wire Alternator, wildwood brakes, aftermarket water pump and intake, NO A/C, so on and so on.
2. Battery that was in the car was toast. Took it to Advance, and it wouldn't even connect to their machine. Whatever. Bought a new batter, took it home, hooked it up with all new battery leads and new connections and the whole 9. FIRED RIGHT UP!
3. 2 weeks goes by and I start it up yesterday and nothing. Dead. Won't even click. Okay... so i now have the battery on the charger.
4. What could make this battery die? I should also add that this car is in a state of restoration. The rear lights aren't even hooked up because I'm waiting on a new wiring harness for the rear. There is no antenna on this car, so i don't even screw with the radio (original). Because of all the "NEWER upgrades" I'm seeing on this car, there are wires cut all over the place that go nowhere. But, even before the old battery took a dump, this car had sat for over a month while i was traveling. Came home and it had fired right up.
5. As I was charging the battery today, I was just walking around trying to think what I may have hooked up recently (new wiper motor that isn't even hooked up to the switch yet.) While doing so... i checked the radio. It was on. Keep in mind, there's no speakers in the car. except for the dash speaker, and its not even hooked up. But wouldn't the radio be hooked up to the ignition wire? And not a constant feed? I tried craning my neck behind the dash. I only see 2 wires coming out of the radio. I think. I was going to try to chase down how the radio gets power. Beyond that, on the fuse block where it says stereo.... there's not even a fuse there. Hmmm.... All i could think was, maybe i inadvertently bumped the radio dial on whilst reinstalling the steering wheel, and other random items that i'd been tinkering around with. No clue
6. Anyway... There appears to be a gremlin roaming around this car. I'm taking it to the body shop in 2 weeks to more or less finalize the restoration on this car. But, I need to track down this power draw somehow.
Any ideas???????
Thanks y'all.
Mark
1. Bought this 65 SS a couple months ago and the previous owners have done a number of things to this car. HEI, Holley, Battery relocated to trunk, 1 wire Alternator, wildwood brakes, aftermarket water pump and intake, NO A/C, so on and so on.
2. Battery that was in the car was toast. Took it to Advance, and it wouldn't even connect to their machine. Whatever. Bought a new batter, took it home, hooked it up with all new battery leads and new connections and the whole 9. FIRED RIGHT UP!
3. 2 weeks goes by and I start it up yesterday and nothing. Dead. Won't even click. Okay... so i now have the battery on the charger.
4. What could make this battery die? I should also add that this car is in a state of restoration. The rear lights aren't even hooked up because I'm waiting on a new wiring harness for the rear. There is no antenna on this car, so i don't even screw with the radio (original). Because of all the "NEWER upgrades" I'm seeing on this car, there are wires cut all over the place that go nowhere. But, even before the old battery took a dump, this car had sat for over a month while i was traveling. Came home and it had fired right up.
5. As I was charging the battery today, I was just walking around trying to think what I may have hooked up recently (new wiper motor that isn't even hooked up to the switch yet.) While doing so... i checked the radio. It was on. Keep in mind, there's no speakers in the car. except for the dash speaker, and its not even hooked up. But wouldn't the radio be hooked up to the ignition wire? And not a constant feed? I tried craning my neck behind the dash. I only see 2 wires coming out of the radio. I think. I was going to try to chase down how the radio gets power. Beyond that, on the fuse block where it says stereo.... there's not even a fuse there. Hmmm.... All i could think was, maybe i inadvertently bumped the radio dial on whilst reinstalling the steering wheel, and other random items that i'd been tinkering around with. No clue
6. Anyway... There appears to be a gremlin roaming around this car. I'm taking it to the body shop in 2 weeks to more or less finalize the restoration on this car. But, I need to track down this power draw somehow.
Any ideas???????
Thanks y'all.
Mark