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Like Jim said, do a s-l-o-wwwww trickle charge. Sometimes a battery can be charged like this if left charging for a week or two. Tom '68 FB (Thumper) '70 Bug On Sat, 22 Aug 1998 00:25:28 EDT TOASTEDT3@aol.com writes: >Today Matt and I decided to clean up the wrecked 71 squareback...so we >pushed >it out of the garage and jump started it with Matt's GTi. We assumed >it >needed to be jumped because it has sat for over 4 1/2 months not being >driven >(since the accident). It had been started and driven around at the >shop it >sat at until it ran out of gas, and then it probably sat idle for 2 >weeks to 1 >month. When we jumped it the first time today, we had to rev the GTi >motor to >get the squareback to start. We drove it and let it run for a few >minutes, >but when I turned it off it would not start again. The tach needle >moves, but >the motor does not turn over and no dash lights come on. We jumped it >again, >and this time it started right away, with no revving of the GTi. This >time we >let it sit and idle for a good hour while we attempted to install a >lovely >non-fitting aftermarket antenna on the 71 notch. When I turned off >the square >after an hour of running, it had no power again. The tach needle >moves, >that's it. Is this a bad generator? I have had 3 bad batteries in a >row, and >took it to a reputable repair shop every time and had the full tests >for draws >and bad generators, and it always turned out to be the battery not >holding a >charge. Also, I really doubt this has anything to do with the >problem, but >the car has no front fenders (accident again), so the headlight/turn >signal >wires are just laying in the trunk. Some had to be cut to get the >driver's >side fender off since it was mushed back so far. Any ideas as to >what's >wrong? We really hate having to jump the car every time we want to >start >it...it's probably something simple, but I don't even know where to >start >looking. >Thanks > >Katie and Matt >60 kombi >71 squareback >71 notchback >92 GTi > >------------------------------------------------------------------- >Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe > > _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]