[TR] 1974 TR6

[acekraut11 at aol.com]

Hi, and welcome,





I would take your FLAPS (Favorite Local Auto Parts Store) and ask them to hook up a charging system analyzer and let them tell me what the problem is.? I agree with Randall though, it will probably be your alternator.? Additionally, using the link to the wiring diagram I would just verify that the wires are connected to the right places.



Please let us know what the solution turns out to be.



Cheers,



Aaron





 





Aaron Cropley

71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)

http://www.triumphowners.com/108

2002 Mini Cooper S

Topsham, Maine



 





 



-----Original Message-----

From: TOM BARILLA <TJBARILLA at COX.NET>

To: triumphs at autox.team.net

Sent: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 1:04 pm

Subject: [TR] 1974 TR6













I ran across your website while trying to find out information on how to test

for a battery drain while the car in off.



My battery went totally dead so I purchased a new Sears Diehard.  After

installation my 1974 TR6 started right up and was charging at around 12.5-13

on the amp meter.



Within 3 days this new battery also went completely dead. Absolutely nothing.

After charging it I ran some tests with a testing light.  I disconnected the

negative lead from the battery, attached the testing light lead to the

negative battery post,  took out one fuse at a time,and then touched the end

of the testing light to the negative lead.  The testing light lit up.  One by

one I disconnected every fuse and with no fuses in the fuse box the testing

light still lit up.  From everything I have read this should not have happened

once all fuses were removed.



How can I have a battery drain with no fuses in the fuse box?  Am I doing

something wrong?



Any advice you can give me will be greatly appriciated.





Tom Barilla

TJBARILLA at COX.NET