dead battery

[jmarshall]

I have a bad wire issue.
my battery will go down in a few hours after a full charge but no lights are left on.
i have replaced the battery, alternator, terminals, battery cables, starter wire, diode.
the other day my voltmeter quit working and about two hours later the rest of the guages went. when i pull the neg off the battery and hook up a test light it lights up and two fuses are to blame #1 and #5. im thinking ignitioin wire but dont know for sure.

has anyone had this problem before if so please help

1994 Ranger XL 4X4 4.0

 

[kimcrwbr1]

It kinna sounds like the battery is bad. The computer and radio have memory and will draw from the battery but that uisually takes months.
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/chargetroubleshooting.htm

 

[kimcrwbr1]

And this
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/chargingsystem.htm

 

[jmarshall]

It kinna sounds like the battery is bad. The computer and radio have memory and will draw from the battery but that uisually takes months.
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/chargetroubleshooting.htm

battery is brand new along with everything replaced nothing used

 

[kimcrwbr1]

If you disconnect those two fuses and it dont show a short on the pos battery terminal you know the circuits to trace. A direct short will either blow a fuse or fry a wire. You can test the computer relay if you still have power to the computer with the key off that will drain the battery rather quick. Try pulling that relay and see if the battery stops draining. I believe it is next to the fuel pump relay and the fuel pump relay will do the same thing running with the engine off.

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Maybe check for power to the coil with the key off just throwing stuff out there.

 

[strvger]

starter solenoid perhaps? just guessing at this point.

 

[jmarshall]

update i replaced the starter and it started charging again weird huh anyway about ten min into the drive the wires burnt up melting my neg battery post

 

[kimcrwbr1]

Did you test for shorts. Did you check the charging system before running it. Just because the battery was new don`t mean its good. Maybe a mechanic is in order.

 

[jmarshall]

update 2 its charging but the battery cable melted on the manafold and shorted then caught fire. its at a shop getting fixed now

 

[jmarshall]

update 3

shop mech has no idea why its not charging still (i thought it was charging read voltmeter wrong) now every thing in the charging system is new

 

[jmarshall]

yeahhhhh i got it fixed.....
it was the pigtail that plugs into the alternator i ran a key on hot wire to the brown wire and she started charging