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Fest-evil
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Nov 2, 2009, 8:15 PM
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Battery not holding a charge
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I have a 1992 Ford Tempo, 2.3 4-cylinder engine, AT with 135,000 miles on it. This car is about to make me pull my hair out. The hinge pins on the driver side door were very worn when the vehicle was purchased,(door was sagging badly) I re-pinned the hinges and re-aligned the door, but the door "ajar" sensor in the jam was bent pretty bad. The door ajar light stays on and the auto seat belt won't retract. I'm wondering if this could be in relation to the battery dying? This car has killed 3 new batteries. I've replaced both positive and negative cables, new alternator and starter selenoid. I even pulled out the dome and courtesy bulb under the dash because I though maybe my mother-in-law was not shutting the door all the way. I haven't messed with it for about a week because it had me so steamed, I had the battery checked and it had a dead cell. So I dropped $90 on a new battery, hooked it up and the car started fine. When mom got in it the next morning (about six hours later) DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. Car jumped off fine, I let it run for about 30 minutes. Came back an hour later....nothing. Please give some advice, something has to be pulling power. Oh, one other thing, there is alot of play on the ignition switch with the key, is it possible the ignition switch could be turned to the on position even with the key out? I know that sounds crazy, but I am totally stupefied with this freakin' car right now. Thanks in advance for any thoughts and/or advise.
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Nov 2, 2009, 8:25 PM
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Re: Battery not holding a charge
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Fest-evil; This is a very crude way of testing, but you can hook up a test light between the negative battery cable and the negative battery terminal. If it lights brightly, making sure everything is turned off, doors shut, key out of ignition, start pulling fuses, one by one, until the light goes out. This will tell you what circuit has the problem. An ampmeter, showing how many amps are being drawn by the suspected circuit would help. We can supply wiring diagrams if needed.
Loren
SW Washington
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