5kCSTQ - Electrical Question

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

I posted this the other day, and there's been no response - can someone dig
up and email me a few of the comments that showed up the last time this
was discussed?  I'd appreciate it.

    - Charlie
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> 
> 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
> 
> 
>  4 wheeled fleet:			 2 wheeled fleet:
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> 86 5kTQ      				92 Ducati 851SP     851cc
> 69 Porsche 911S   3,200cc		95 BMW R100-RT    1,000cc
> 81 VW Diesel Pickup  			62 BMW R27          250cc
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