How old is your battery? Sounds like it's on its last legs. You should do a load test.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 28, 2014, at 3:54 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My garage queen (repainted 1985 300TD) had a totally drained battery after > sitting for no more than 2 weeks. I mean, there was zero charge left. I > was able to get it jump started, and the battery began charging. I let it > idle and then drove it so that the engine ran for a cumulative total of > around 25 minutes. When I returned home I shut it off and tried to start > it again. It barely turned over. How long would I need to drive to > recharge the battery? The weather was not particularly cold. > > Andrew > 1985 300TD > 1983 300TD > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
