Re: [alfa] 72 GTV with electrical gremlins

["Gwynne W. Spencer" <gwynnes1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Internal connections in the battery maybe ???

At 08:48 PM 3/22/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>I have a 72 GTV with some major electrical gremlins.
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>Half of the time the car is completely dead and will only start when
>jumped.  Other times it's fine.
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>Sometimes when the car is off and I turn on the headlights, the
>headlights will only come on after a few seconds, sometimes immediately,
>sometimes not at all.  In any case, it doesn't seem ignition switch
>related because of this symptom
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>Suspecting the ground cable from the battery, I replaced it over the
>weekend, and subsequently blew $5.99.
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>Any ideas where I should look for the short?  Maybe hire some sort of
>exorcist?
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>John Watson
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>San Ramon, CA
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>'72 GTV
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>01 330i
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