5K TQ Flat Battery

[charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org (Charlie Smith)]

This has gotta be a rerun of a thread that went past about two months ago,
but I didn't keep the discussion of the cause.

I've got an '86 5kCSTQ and am having the battery go flat if I don't drive
it for a few days.  As I recall, the discussion involved wires in the
wiring harness to the rear trunk lid shorting together and turning on the
trunk light all the time.

As best I could tell, the trunk light WAS staying on, at least as best
as I could tell peering in through the crack between the lid and the body
as the lid was almost closed.  OK, sez he ... he whips out the trunk light
bulb so that it can't drain the battery - no light, no drain, right?

Wrong.  Even without the bulb, the battery is going flat after about three
days of being parked.

Can someone please recount for me the places to look for broken wires in
the wiring harness of the lid, and what's going on to continue to drain
the battery?

    - Charlie



Charlie Smith   charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  614-471-1418  
Columbus, Ohio USA


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