Hi Gary,
the battery terminals were greased and checked regularly and today were
looking very good and not corroded.
I did not really jump start the car, because of its dead electrics. I just
connected the battery of the other car to the Peugeots battery by means of
the jump starter cables. When that was to no avail, I directly connected
the other battery to the Peugeots battery cables. I am very sure that the
contacts were sufficient to at least get a little sign of life in the
Peugeots electrics - if really the battery terminals were the problem...
but there still was not even the smallest sign of working electrics. No
switches, no interieur lights, no nothing. So I could not even try to jump
start. The whole car is dead like if someone has simply switched of the
master switch.
A friend of mine suggested I should have a look at the earth contacts of
the Peugeot wiring loom? He is car mechanic but has no special knowledge
of old Peugeots, however he said there would be one at the engine, at the
transmission and probably one or two at other places of the wiring loom.
Trouble is I don't really know where the earth contacts to engine and
transmission are. The garage is a public underground garage with no
facilities to work on the car so I'd have to search for the contacts
somewhere in the dark under the car, with a torch...
Would the failure of one single earth contact be sufficient to stop the
whole electricity? Or, the other way round, is it likely that all earth
contacts are bad, and just that the last one that was working failed?
As I said, the car is COMPLETELY dead, not a single electric item is
working even dimly. It's just plain dead.
regards,
Thomas
On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 15:22:00 +0200, gary freeman <riven2649@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> That single problem you refer to is probably corroded
> battery terminals. Usually, when an electric problem
> affects so many consumers, it is an easy problem.
> Also,
> jumping did no good as if there was no connection
> between the battery terminals and the cable ends. I
> would take the negative and positive cables(negative
> first)off of the battery and thoroughly clean both the
> battery terminals and the inside cable ends(wire
> brushes and sandpaper work well) and then reassemble
> in reverse order(negative last).Use something to
> prevent
> corrosion like special battery protective sprays or
> even grease. You should keep your battery on a trickle
> charge when laid up for so long as they're supposed to
> go through a charge cycle every 24 hrs.; and if they
> don't, they can sulfate, which could also be your
> problem. If that's the case, you'll need a new
> battery.
> If the cleaning doesn't work, bring the battery
> somewhere you trust to have them check out the
> battery.
> If it is bad, and you're not planning on using the car
> for awhile, then I would wait to buy the new battery.
> But remember, you don't want to leave fuel in it for
> too long; and it's not good for alot of things on the
> car to not be used regularly.
>
> --- Thomas John <thomas@ikonengold.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello together,
>>
>> After about 4 months storage, today I tried to awake
>> my 1980 Peugeot 604
>> TD.
>>
>> However the car's electrics are completely dead. I
>> had a second car to
>> jump-start in case the 604's battery was low, but
>> the 604 remained dead:
>> Absolutely nothing, including interior lights or
>> instruments, would show
>> any reaction.
>>
>> The last time I was in the garage starting the car
>> and driving it for
>> about 15 minutes, was about 4 months ago. At the
>> time, everything worked
>> perfectly and even though, at the time, the car
>> already was in storage for
>> 4 months, it would start on the very first try and
>> run perfectly smooth
>> from the first second - just if I'd parked it there
>> the day before.
>>
>> But now, another 4 months later, it's completely
>> dead.
>>
>> I checked the fuses in the box under the dashboard
>> and they all looked
>> good. Plus the car's garage is absolutely safe and
>> dry.
>>
>> Surely there must be one single item that broke
>> down, being able to
>> "switch off" the whole car?
>>
>> regards,
>> Thomas
>>
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