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Hey dont feel bad. I havnt driven my 63 for a bit so it went dead when before it was the champ. Now it to wont hold a charge for less than 15 min. So I too switched bateries from the 62. Well this battery is slightly better holding a charge for the day. Bummer on my end as well. Let me know if you find a good deal on the Optima. jason > Yesterday I went out to my 6 volt '66 Type 34 and dang, dead battery. > Really dead, the dash lights didn't even come on. > > I thought something ran it down so I hooked up my battery charger. The > charger just clicks on/off and the little dial flicks back and forth near > the 0% charged mark. Weird. I guess the battery shorted out internally? I > never had that happen before. Voltmeter reads only milivolts. > > The 6v battery in my Squareback charges fine so I swapped it over. I > charged it up last night, drove to the gas station, and it wouldn't restart > when I got back home or this morning. A dead cell, most likely. > > Bad day for 6v stuff. > > It's Optima time. > > -- > Everett Barnes > '63 Squareback, '66 Type 34 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >