<VV> Battery drain source?

[ebittman at tampabay.rr.com]

I once had a '63 convertible that the brand new battery dis-charged virtually overnight. I would charge it up,next day dead. After going crazy searching a buddy suggested I look at the heater hose near the starter. Sure enough it was sagging against  the battery connection to the starter and since it has a coil spring inside of it it was draining the battery. Made a sleeve from an old inner tube,wrapped it around the hose with a plastic tie, problem solved. Ed Dade City,Fl
---- Grant Young via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> wrote: 
> I received a call from an owner who winters in FL about whether the neutral safety switch on his 1963 PG car could be the cause of his battery draining. He recently installed a new battery. The car will not start in P, but will in N, and otherwise runs okay. If this could be it, what is involved in changing the switch. (Doing this long distance for him, so I don't know any more). Any suggestions are appreciated as he is not able to get under the car and I might wind up trying to help out.
> Thanks,
> Grant
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