Take it down to your local discount auto parts place. They can test it there
for you for free.
Brad
cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> Greetings folks:
>
> After a bit of a list hiatus due to the birth over the Summer of my daughter,
>I figured it was about time to try to get at least 1 Midget out of the garage.
> So last weekend, I went to start the '74, and discovered that the battery was
>dead. So I charged it up for a few hours, but the car still needed some help
>from a jumpstart in order to get it going. Yesterday, I figured I'd start it
>up again, and the same thing happened... a dead battery. Not even enough
>juice to run the fuel pump. I put the charger on for a while, but before
>trying to crank the engine, I disconnected the negative terminal, and placed
>an electrical tester from the engine block to ground, and got nothing. Is it
>possible that I am losing current at such a slow rate that it would discharge
>the battery in a week, but not enough to light the test lamp?
>
> If that is true, how would a find the problem?
>
> Regards,
>
> Charles
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