Don,
Two suggestions:
1) check the charging system
2) charge and "load" test the battery.
Replace, repair accordingly.
WFO Herb
DRDohm@aol.com wrote:
> Listers,
> Thanx for the help on the break line issue earlier. I took a file to the
> D-bolt and, after a little elbow grease, it went right in. I have enjoyed
> many happy of LBCing in the North Carolina sun.
>
> NOW,
>
> The lovely Missus and myself went on a late evening drive tonight and had a
> nice drive, covered about 45 miles, but on the way home the care just died.
> Luckily we were about a half a mile from the house. We pulled into a parking
> lot and tried to restart, nothing, just a "wirrr". So we tried a push start,
> no luck. I popped the trunk, wiggled some wires in a manly way and tried to
> start again, this time with Christine watching the head lights, nothing.
> Christine said the head lights went out completely. So, after a short
> discussion of the relative merits of leaving it there and going to get the
> jumper cables, we decided to push it back home. But we decided to try push
> start one more time... Started right up. Wife drove us home no prob. When we
> got home, I tried to started by again, got just the wirrr. I hooked up Ye'
> ol' Heathkit Battery Charger (inherited) and shows the battery as not quite
> dead. I did notice when I stopped to get gas, that the headlights seemed a
> little dim, and when I started the car it sort of hesitated in that weak
> battery kind of way.
>
> My question is... Where do I start?
> If its just the battery? Why did it just cut out?
> This is my first full-on-won't-do-anything problem. I knew it was just a
> matter of time.
>
> Oddly, the discussion about leaving the car went like this....
> Me: "lets walk home, and I'll come back tomorrow with the cables"
> Wife: "I'm not leaving this car here!"
> I was a bit surprised.
>
> Thanx, in advance!!
> Don
> 72 Midget.... Taking a breather.
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