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My 85 F150 4x4 has been eating batteries like crazy. It's my second truck, and it sits at home while I'm away at school. It used to be fine like this, I would come home every few weeks, pump the gas a little and she'd fire right up. This year though she's always just clicking. Earlier in the year I could jump her, but now nothing. I had her hooked up with jumper cables for fifteen minutes and got nothing, she turned over half-heartedly once or twice and then back to the clicking. I stole the battery from my bro's yard-based 86 Bronco and she fired up. Next time I came home, click. Jumped it and she barely turned over then died again. In all, I've used four different batteries from four different cars in the yard (yes, oddly enough there are that many, but we have five people driving with three of us owning multiple cars) and each time the battery is getting completely drained when not in use. Any ideas on where I should start? I hate electrical stuff, but I'm sick of eating batteries, they ain't free you know.
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From: Golden ,CO USA
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[updated:LAST EDITED ON 20-Jan-02 AT 08:46 PM (EST)]my truck is doing the same thing i think im gonna try that light trick tommorrow when i g et off work. it seems that my batteries are good for about 3 weeks before they go dead. when it gets low my radio turns off and on a thousand times. its been doin this every couple weeks for the past 8 months. i thought i had it fuigered out last time but i guess not. one other thing, my ameter on my dash doesnt work. could that be my problem???????????
'75 F-100 4x4, 4" lift
16x38.5x15 super swamper TSL
390 w/ cam,headers,
and 4 barrell edelbrock
TRIED TRUE and FORD BLUE
'75 F-100 4x4, 4" lift
16x38.5x15 super swamper TSL
390 w/ cam,headers,
and 4 barrell edelbrock
TRIED TRUE and FORD BLUE
