1969 C 10 dead battery

[697498chevy]

THANK YOU !!! Just checked the radio , which hasn't worked in years and that was it !! Don't know how or who turned it on , but the test lights out . Thanks again !!

[body bolt]

Originally Posted by 697498chevy

THANK YOU !!! Just checked the radio , which hasn't worked in years and that was it !! Don't know how or who turned it on , but the test lights out . Thanks again !!

Congratulations to you! You found it. I was just throwing stuff out there.

[697498chevy]

Thanks for throwing it out there . I would've never checked the radio if you hadn't . It shouldn't be on when the key's off , but it was .

[body bolt]

I was thinking of a newer radio with clock/memory that needed to be held up. With vehicles like these that may have had many owners with their own ideas you never know what you'll find. Maybe a PO wanted to use the radio without the key.

[dmjlambert]

You can plug the radio into the radio terminal on the fuse panel, then it would be switched off with the key.

[697498chevy]

May crawl back under the dash and see if I can find the problem . Sad thing is I'm the one that caused it . Probably 30 years ago I put a FM convertor under the O.E. radio . Seems I didn't wire it up right and now it bit me . Live and learn , I guess . Thanks for the help !

[dmjlambert]

I can relate to that. I'm the cause of most of my own problems.

[tutone]

Back in the 80s a friend's daughter bought a new Buick sedan. Battery would last a couple or 3 weeks then be low enough that it would have to be jumped to start. She would drive it and it might be ok for 6-8 weeks. It would go back to the dealer, they could not find it.
We were at the milk plant and Malicah had drove it in that day. She had been to his house for dinner the eve before and it wouldn't start.( Low batttery) At lunch he wanted to drive it to the dealership, and have them look at it. The shop mechaniic walked by and heard the story. Turns out thr courtesy fuse was passing power at the time.
We checked the glove box light, all interior lights, cigarette lighter. Still passing power.
We raised the trunk and there was a mercury type switched trunk light. When the trunk was raised past a certain point it came on.
The switch was sticking intermittantly. When it would stick the light would draw. Problem solved.

[Steeveedee]

OP- feels really good to find that, I bet!

Tutone- One of my friends had a really steep driveway and if he left his car for a few days, he'd have a low/dead battery, too.

[697498chevy]

Yeah Steven, I'm very glad to have finally found it !!