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[Wade Halsey]

I would have the battery itself checked. This past Sunday, I drove my Dodge Caravan 200 
miles to a family reunion in West Virginia with no problems. After it was over, the Van 
started but the electronic gauges were erratic. We stopped at the Tamarack (a very nice 
place) on the West Virginia Turnpike and when we came out a half hour later, the starter 
wouldn't even click. A jump got it started but the gauges were going crazy and it would die 
abruptly. A nearby Wal-Mart supplied a new battery and everything was fine again. My 
diagnosis was a loose plate was shorting the battery internally at random.

Wade Halsey



mopar at jbcs2.net wrote:
> 
> The other day I went to move my 65 Monza Convertible out of the garage,
> battery flat dead!
> Put charger on it and it barely turned over a half hour later.
> Noticed foot well lights were on. Door switches did not shut them off, and
> neither did playing with the headlight switch.........
> Short in wiring?
> Bad door switch?
> Bad headlight switch?
> 
> Haven't had time to look yet, for now just pulled out the bulbs...........
> 
> Everything was fine during the convention.
> 
> Gary Swiatowy