I have a 1988 Ford Thunderbird V8 - 2 days ago my batt was drained - wouldn't hold charge bought new one - No issues until tonight when I tried starting and batt was drained - Jumpped it and ran for 5 minutes, shutdown, restarted fine so batt is charging, ran it for another 5 min and shutdown, disconnecting batt till I can t/s tomorrow. Okay questions - I noticed the day before my batt died the blinkers wouldn't come on all the time which prior never had an issue with - Take note I packed my trunk up full so stuff was pressing against the wires - Could there be a short somewhere in the trunk to cause this??? The Alt, is it possible it is weak and will discharge my batt over a period of time??? I plan to read out wires, check my fuses - Any other pointers before I take the step of replacing my ALT. Can the Alt be bad and still charge batt when driving??? Is it bad to disconnect the batt each time I turn off the vehicle, in case I can find the source over the weekend - Any help would be appreciated, can't afford to take it to a shop and I'd rather do it myself, if I can just go through the hassle of disconnecting the batt each time I shutdown w/o complications I'll do so till I can fix it - Inputs Plz Thanks, Tony
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18 years ago