You found it ! that dim light of the tester is the parasitic drain , go start removing fuses until it goes out .
The fuses are indeed aluminum , any VW/BMW/Porsche/Mercedes partshaus or Garage will have the correct copper strip ones in stock , under $1each , if they're really honest , you'll get packs of 5 fuses for $1 .
Get 10 of each : white or black , 8 A. red , 16 A. Blue 30 A.
You _WILL_ be using these ere long .
Post up what year & model your car is again and Brian willprolly find you the fusebox lid cardboard that explains what goes were , each fuse has a *tiny* number casted into the black plastic next to it to correspond with the cardboard .
(_DON'T_ pi$$ off SWMBO !)
-Nate
Caitlin wrote:
>
> THE BATTERY:
>
> So I went to pick up my charged battery at O'Reilly this morning and they
> told me the battery wasn't holding a charge at all.
>
> Battery was dated 9/10, and was a Walmart "everubermaxxierawr" or whatever
> with a 3-year warranty.
>
> Went to Walmart to kindly exchange...but they no longer carry the exact
> model of the trashed battery and the new one was about $18 "more". Ok,
> fine. Cheaper than $100!
>
> Oh, and I sprung for $2 terminal bolts...muuuuuch better.
>
> This new battery was like 97lbs so my gal helped me heft it in place,
> re-installed (sat it nicely in the tray, and YES...NOW i see the bolts and
> the battery lip...just need that little piece...) and Betty started a
> little roughly after 5 days of sitting, but she started!
>
>
> THE GREMLIN (and the fuse box):
>
> I think my persistent drain is also intermittent. The rear foot light
> (what's the proper name for that thing?) was NOT on now, and I only got a
> small glow with the circuit tester. I might come back to this, and I'll
> definitely re-test when I have a weird light that won't go out.
>
> I checked the fuses and some look pretty old, most look aluminum...and I am
> missing the info card on the lid. I am trying to upload a picture (I have
> 2) of it because it almost looks like there are fuses missing...from a
> front row? looks like they'd only have one contact point so maybe these
> holes stay empty? But one has a fuse in it that looks pretty worn.
>
> Gremlin symptoms I have noticed: when I test drove the car didn't notice
> anything, when i picked up the car...rear dome wouldn't go off no matter
> what I tried (so I unplugged it). Sunday when Betty wouldn't start,
> noticed that rear driver side "foot" light in the bottom of the door was on
> and wouldn't turn off. Now it's off. (????)
>
>
> Anyway...I have some big (to me) projects ahead...more on that later.
>
> Thanks for being such a great bunch :)
>
> ~Caitlin in Santa Fe
> --
> Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.
> Destroy your reputation. Be notorious.
> I have tried prudent planning long enough.
> From now on, I'll be mad.
>
> - Rumi
>
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