On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 3:58 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote: > New battery -- clamps are clean and TIGHT? Ground wire knocked loose > (or corroded while sitting) at the chassis connection?
Clamps and ground wire look good. As someone else wondered---it is indeed a Group 49, or whatever the tall, long one is that just barely fits in the tray. I have high hopes that the short cranking/quick run-down problem is merely that, as Curt suggested, the battery was never fully charged. It's been on the Battery Tender for 24 hours now and the red light is still on, indicating it's not anywhere near a full charge. The "dumb" Schumacher trickle charger I had it on before indicated a full charge after just 12 hours. I'm going to resist the urge to not try to start it for another 24 hours, longer if the solid green light on the Battery Tender isn't on yet. > Ran when parked -- Rodents chewing on the wiring while sitting? Possibly, but I am crossing my fingers that's not the case. Mice got into the interior, built a couple of nests, and left their little calling cards all over. The seats are a total loss, impossible to get the smell out of them. I steam-cleaned the carpets, wiped down the door panels, and replaced the seats with the ones from my parts car (lesson: leave a window down or a door ajar on any car you don't want to have a mouse problem in, so that the barn cats can get in). But there was no sign that the mice had been under the hood. And I inspected the wiring to the seat motors on the old seats very closely and saw no signs of damage, despite the fact that one of the nests was right under the passenger seat. I hope that means these mice had no taste for wiring. Alex _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
