Spook556
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Some background - bought the deuce about two months ago. Was out of town a bit, tried to register in Maryland, then realized it would be better to go with Tennessee as we are moving down there and they have a better grasp of reality at the Tennessee DMV. So the vehicle sat for a while...
Had some electrical problems after leaving my 109 with a local greasy-fingers garage for a couple days. They were supposed to do a Maryland state inspection... bad idea, they had no clue. They managed to flat the batteries, but I got the thing running and brought her back here. A couple of days later the batteries were flat again; I realized I had a short somewhere, so I disconnected the batteries and put on a trickle charger. I jump started once to drive over to Harbor Freight and back, no evident problems.
Finally got back to business today; turned on, air warning was strong, but just a whine when I tried to start. So I tried a jump-start from the car; no dice. Not even turning over. I have looked through all the old threads I could, and it seemed similar to the problem TheOxman is having, but it just doesn't seem like it is quite the same.
I think I have two problems; one is a short somewhere in the system, running down the batteries; the other somewhere in the starter or solenoid. Unless somebody out there has a different idea - could they be different parts of the same problem? I am getting desperate here, as I promised the wife that the beast would help us in the move, and so far it has just slowed things down. Help!
Had some electrical problems after leaving my 109 with a local greasy-fingers garage for a couple days. They were supposed to do a Maryland state inspection... bad idea, they had no clue. They managed to flat the batteries, but I got the thing running and brought her back here. A couple of days later the batteries were flat again; I realized I had a short somewhere, so I disconnected the batteries and put on a trickle charger. I jump started once to drive over to Harbor Freight and back, no evident problems.
Finally got back to business today; turned on, air warning was strong, but just a whine when I tried to start. So I tried a jump-start from the car; no dice. Not even turning over. I have looked through all the old threads I could, and it seemed similar to the problem TheOxman is having, but it just doesn't seem like it is quite the same.
I think I have two problems; one is a short somewhere in the system, running down the batteries; the other somewhere in the starter or solenoid. Unless somebody out there has a different idea - could they be different parts of the same problem? I am getting desperate here, as I promised the wife that the beast would help us in the move, and so far it has just slowed things down. Help!
